adventure

/ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/

//ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə// noun

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"adventure" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“adventure” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,205. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,205
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.

Corpus desk

Index EN-adventure · adventure · English

adventure · rank #3,205 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,205
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH accused

Nearest frequency peer: accused (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “adventure”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “adventure” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

adventure vs adventures
90% similar
adventure vs adventurer
90% similar

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

Key facts for adventure
PropertyValue
Headwordadventure
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,205
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “adventure” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).adventurelands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “accused” (#3,204), “argue” (#3,206), “3D” (#3,203). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around adventure (IPA /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,205 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for adventure, with forms such as "addventure", "adevnture", and "advennture". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "adventures", "adventurer", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Vulgar Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷənjō Vulgar Latin veniō Vulgar Latin adveniō Vulgar Latin advent… The correct English form is adventure, spelled A-D-V-E-N-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
  2. 2
    A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
  3. 3
    A daring feat; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; the encountering of risks.
  4. 4
    A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
  5. 5
    A text adventure or an adventure game.
  6. 6
    That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
  7. 7
    Chance of danger or loss.
  8. 8
    Risk; danger; peril.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. his sense of adventure
  2. a life full of adventures

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Vulgar Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷənjō Vulgar Latin veniō Vulgar Latin adveniō Vulgar Latin adventūrus Vulgar Latin *adventūra Old French aventurebor. Middle English aventure English adventure From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Latin adventūrus (“about to arrive, (Vulgar Latin) about to happen”), future active participle of adveniō (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall" (see also advene). By surface analysis, advent + -ure. Compare Scots adventur, Swedish äventyr, German Abenteuer.

This word in other languages

aventura(Español)aventure(Français)Abenteuer(Deutsch)aventura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addventure
  • adevnture
  • advennture
  • adventrue
  • adventture
  • adventuer
  • adventurre
  • advenutre
  • advetnure
  • advneture
  • advventure
  • avdenture
  • daventure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adventure - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

addventure1adevnture2advennture1adventrue2adventture1adventuer2adventurre1advenutre2
Edit distance from "adventure"

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adventure"?
"adventure" is spelled A-D-V-E-N-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/.
What does "adventure" mean?
As a noun, "adventure" means: A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
What words are commonly confused with "adventure"?
"adventure" is commonly confused with "adventures", "adventurer". 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 /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "adventure"?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Vulgar Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷənjō Vulgar Latin veniō Vulgar Latin adveniō Vulgar La... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

contrast13 variantsimpressive13 variantshousehold13 variantslocations13 variants

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list