adventure
ad·ven·ture/ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/noun, verb
adventure is spelled A-D-V-E-N-T-U-R-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables (ad·ven·ture). It appears 29 times per million words in written English, the 3,218th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, adventure means “A feeling of desire for new and exciting things” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of adventure is adventures.
How many letters and syllables are in adventure?
| Letters | 9: A-D-V-E-N-T-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ad·ven·ture |
| In writing | 29 times per million words; the 3,218th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is adventure?
Adventure appears 29 times per million words in written English, the 3,218th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce adventure?
- UK /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/
- US /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/
- US /ædˈvɛnt͡ʃɚ/
Adventure has 3 syllables, split ad·ven·ture in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-adventure.ogg, En-ca-adventure.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with adventure?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as adventure from its last stressed vowel (/ɛntʃəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of adventure
- adventures plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- adventuring participle, present
- adventured participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does adventure mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
his sense of adventure
- 2
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
a life full of adventures
- 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
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
- 5
A text adventure or an adventure game.
- 6
obsoleteThat which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
- 7
obsoleteChance of danger or loss.
- 8
obsoleteRisk; danger; peril.
verb
- 1
archaicTo risk oneself.
- 2
To risk oneself; to dare to go somewhere or undertake something.
- 3
archaicTo try the chance; to take the risk.
- 4
To dare to say or utter.
- 5
archaicTo venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
- 6
To risk or hazard; jeopard.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate adventure?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of adventure: adv.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Adventure in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | aventure |
| German | Abenteuer, Wagnis |
| Portuguese | aventura , peripécia, acaso |
| Spanish | aventura |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.