Wladimir
\vlaˈdiːmiːɐ̯\
The verdict
“Wladimir” is uncommon French (frequency #61,228 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,228
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vladimir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wladimir · Wladimir · French
Wladimir · rank #61,228 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,228
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH widow
Nearest frequency peer: widow (-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 « Wladimir »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vénérés
vénérés
38,776 corpus weight
- wedge
wedge
38,775 corpus weight
- widow
widow
38,774 corpus weight
- Wladimir
Wladimir
38,773 corpus weight
- Worcester
Worcester
38,772 corpus weight
- yaoi
yaoi
38,769 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Wladimir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wladimir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \vlaˈdiːmiːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Wladimir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Wladimir is uncommon French at frequency #61,228 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \vlaˈdiːmiːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vladimir.".
Wladimir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Wladimir, spelled W-L-A-D-I-M-I-R.
Definition
- 1Vladimir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Wladimir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wladimir Klitschko wurde in Semipalatinsk geboren, Muttersprache Russisch, der Vater sowjetischer Offizier.
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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