vulgär
\vʊlˈɡɛːɐ̯\
The verdict
“vulgär” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vulgaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vulgar · vulgär · French
vulgär · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vulgär |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vʊlˈɡɛːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vulgär » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vulgär is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vʊlˈɡɛːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vulgaire.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vulgär, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vulgär, spelled V-U-L-G-Ä-R.
Definition
- 1Vulgaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vulgär appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seit 2016 entfernt die chinesische Medienanstalt alles aus ausländischen Filmen und Serien, was sie als „vulgäre, unmoralische und ungesunde Inhalte“ definiert. Dazu zählen sexuelle Freizügigkeit, Rauchen, Gewalt, Affären. Und besonders oft: Homosexualität.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.