peradventure
noun
peradventure is spelled P-E-R-A-D-V-E-N-T-U-R-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, peradventure means “Chance, doubt or uncertainty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of peradventure is peradventures.
How many letters and syllables are in peradventure?
| Letters | 12: P-E-R-A-D-V-E-N-T-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is peradventure?
Peradventure appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st 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 peradventure?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-peradventure.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of peradventure
- peradventures plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does peradventure mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Chance, doubt or uncertainty.
adverb
- 1
archaicPerchance or maybe; perhaps; supposing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does peradventure come from?
From Middle English peraventure, peradventure, from Old French par aventure. Spelling modified as though from Latin. Equivalent to per- + adventure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).