vre
\ˈvreː\
The verdict
“vre” is uncommon French (frequency #88,222 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,222
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme mutée de bre par adoucissement (b → v).
Corpus desk
Index FR-vre · vre · French
vre · rank #88,222 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,222
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH Vollard
Nearest frequency peer: Vollard (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « vre »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- visitor
visitor
11,783 corpus weight
- vivid
vivid
11,782 corpus weight
- volatilisée
volatilisée
11,781 corpus weight
- Vollard
Vollard
11,780 corpus weight
- vre
vre
11,779 corpus weight
- wage
wage
11,777 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈvreː\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #88,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vre is uncommon French at frequency #88,222 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈvreː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme mutée de bre par adoucissement (b → v).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for vre, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is vre, spelled V-R-E.
Definition
- 1Forme mutée de bre par adoucissement (b → v).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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