# Ventura

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /vɛnˈt(j)ʊɹə/ · frequency rank #18,729

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A city, the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States. Official name: City of San Buenaventura.
3. A small city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States.

## Etymology
From Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish surname, from a medieval form of Bonaventura, Buenaventura, meaning "good fortune."

## Easily confused with
- **venture** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ventura-vs-venture)
- **ventured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ventura-vs-ventured)
- **ventral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ventral-vs-ventura)

## Common misspellings (10)
`evntura`, `venntura`, `ventrua`, `venttura`, `ventuar`, `venturra`, `venutra`, `vetnura`, `vnetura`, `vventura`

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