vulgaire

\vyl.ɡɛʁ\

/\vyl.ɡɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“vulgaire” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,638. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,638
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne le peuple, le quidam, le personnage quelconque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vulgaire · vulgaire · French

vulgaire · rank #7,638 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,638
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vives

Nearest frequency peer: vives (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « vulgaire »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « vulgaire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vulgaire vs vulgaires
89% similar
vulgaire vs vulgarité
67% similar
vulgaire vs voltaire
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vulgaire
PropertyValue
Headwordvulgaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vyl.ɡɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,638
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vulgaire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vulgairese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vives » (#7,637), « vérifie » (#7,639), « vendue » (#7,636). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vulgaire » est au #7,638. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around vulgaire (IPA \vyl.ɡɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,638 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for vulgaire, with forms such as "uvlgaire", "vlugaire", and "vuglaire". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "vulgaires", "vulgarité", "voltaire", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vulgaire, spelled V-U-L-G-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui concerne le peuple, le quidam, le personnage quelconque.
  2. 2
    Qui est commun, qui est reçu communément.
  3. 3
    Ce que le peuple parle à l’époque considérée.
  4. 4
    Qui est trivial, commun, voire quelconque.
  5. 5
    Qui a un comportement, un langage sans délicatesse, sans éducation, grossier ou qui fait preuve d’une grande grossièreté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vulgaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Préjugé vulgaire.
  2. Croyance vulgaire.

Synonyms

usuelvernaculairegrossier

Antonyms

didactique

This word in other languages

common(English)vulgar(Español)üblich(Deutsch)comum(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • uvlgaire
  • vlugaire
  • vuglaire
  • vulagire
  • vulgaier
  • vulgairre
  • vulgarie
  • vulggaire
  • vulgiare
  • vullgaire
  • vvulgaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vulgaire - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

uvlgaire2vlugaire2vuglaire2vulagire2vulgaier2vulgairre1vulgarie2vulggaire1
Edit distance from "vulgaire"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vulgaire"?
"vulgaire" is spelled V-U-L-G-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vyl.ɡɛʁ\.
What does "vulgaire" mean?
As an adjective, "vulgaire" means: Qui concerne le peuple, le quidam, le personnage quelconque.
What words are commonly confused with "vulgaire"?
"vulgaire" is commonly confused with "vulgaires", "vulgarité", "voltaire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vulgaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vulgaire" is \vyl.ɡɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vulgaire" come from?
"vulgaire" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vulgaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

touchent#7,633annoncée#7,650appuyant#7,653Roumanie#7,623

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

survécu11 variantsAuvergne11 variantsbanquier11 variantscoureurs11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list