adventure

/[ədˈvɛntʃə]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,547

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

adventure is aGermannoun. It means: Abenteuer Pronounced [ədˈvɛntʃə]. Often confused with adventures.

Key facts for adventure
PropertyValue
Headwordadventure
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ədˈvɛntʃə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,547
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of adventure in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for adventure is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ədˈvɛntʃə]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,547 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Abenteuer".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for adventure, with forms such as "addventure", "adevnture", and "advennture". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "adventures", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is adventure, spelled A-D-V-E-N-T-U-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abenteuer

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addventure,adevnture,advennture,adventrue,adventture,adventuer,adventurre,advenutre,advetnure,advneture,advventure,avdenture,daventure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adventure

Misspelling Variants of "adventure"

addventure10adevnture9advennture10adventrue9adventture10adventuer9adventurre10advenutre9
Misspelling Variants of "adventure"

Frequency rank: #15,547 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adventure"?
"adventure" is spelled A-D-V-E-N-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ədˈvɛntʃə].
What does "adventure" mean?
As a noun, "adventure" means: Abenteuer
What words are commonly confused with "adventure"?
"adventure" is commonly confused with "adventures". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adventure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adventure" is [ədˈvɛntʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adventure" come from?
"adventure" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.