au vent
\o vɑ̃\
The verdict
“au vent” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Situé du côté du navire d'où vient le vent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-vent · au vent · French
au vent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | au vent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \o vɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « au vent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
au vent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \o vɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for au vent, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is au vent, spelled A-U- -V-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Situé du côté du navire d'où vient le vent.
- 2Côte située du côté d'où vient le vent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au vent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand un objet se trouve plus près de l’origine du vent que la perpendiculaire à la direction de l’aire de vent qui passe par un autre objet, le premier de ces objets est au vent de l’autre ; s’il est plus loin de l’origine du vent par rapport à cette perpendiculaire, il est sous le vent de l’autre objet.
Côte-au-vent ou à l'inverse côte-sous-le-vent.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.