# vent

> English word · Noun · IPA /vɛnt/ · frequency rank #9,688

## Definitions
1. An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
2. A small aperture.
3. An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
4. A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
5. The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
6. A slit in the seam of a garment.
7. The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
8. In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
9. Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
10. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.

## Etymology
Partly from Middle French vent, from Latin ventus and partly from French éventer. Cognate with French vent and Spanish viento (“wind”) and ventana (“window”). Doublet of wind.

## Easily confused with
- **VN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-vn)
- **vet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-vet)
- **VPN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-vpn)
- **vex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-vex)
- **Vit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-vit)
- **very** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-very)
- **vest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-vest)
- **vine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-vine)
- **verb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-verb)
- **vera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-vera)
- **veto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-veto)
- **vets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-vets)
- **volt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-volt)
- **Viet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-viet)
- **vert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-vert)
- **vino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-vino)
- **vers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-vers)
- **Vogt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-vogt)
- **venue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-venue)
- **Venus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-venus)

## Common misspellings (6)
`evnt`, `vennt`, `ventt`, `vetn`, `vnet`, `vvent`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/vent