aventure

\a.vɑ̃.tyʁ\

/\a.vɑ̃.tyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“aventure” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,112. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,112
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui arrive d’inopiné, d’extraordinaire à quelqu’un.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aventure · aventure · French

aventure · rank #2,112 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,112
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH blessé

Nearest frequency peer: blessé (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « aventure »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « aventure » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

aventure vs avenue
75% similar
aventure vs aventurer
89% similar
aventure vs aventurier
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for aventure
PropertyValue
Headwordaventure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.vɑ̃.tyʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,112
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aventure »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.aventurese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « blessé » (#2,113), « anne » (#2,110), « central » (#2,114). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aventure » est au #2,112. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around aventure (IPA \a.vɑ̃.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,112 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for aventure, with forms such as "aevnture", "avennture", and "aventrue". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "avenue", "aventurer", "aventurier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is aventure, spelled A-V-E-N-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui arrive d’inopiné, d’extraordinaire à quelqu’un.
  2. 2
    Frasque ; comportement aventureux.
  3. 3
    Intrigue amoureuse ; relation sexuelle.
  4. 4
    Relation adultère.
  5. 5
    Entreprise hasardeuse.
  6. 6
    Hasard.
  7. 7
    Histoire, récit imaginaire des péripéties d’un personnage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how aventure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il lui est arrivé une aventure singulière.
  2. Ce roman est plein d’aventures surprenantes.

This word in other languages

adventure(English)aventura(Español)Abenteuer(Deutsch)aventura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aevnture
  • avennture
  • aventrue
  • aventture
  • aventuer
  • aventurre
  • avenutre
  • avetnure
  • avneture
  • avventure
  • vaenture

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aventure - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aevnture2avennture1aventrue2aventture1aventuer2aventurre1avenutre2avetnure2
Edit distance from "aventure"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aventure"?
"aventure" is spelled A-V-E-N-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vɑ̃.tyʁ\.
What does "aventure" mean?
As a noun, "aventure" means: Ce qui arrive d’inopiné, d’extraordinaire à quelqu’un.
What words are commonly confused with "aventure"?
"aventure" is commonly confused with "avenue", "aventurer", "aventurier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aventure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aventure" is \a.vɑ̃.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aventure" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aventure", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ambiance#2,109contient#2,115finances#2,124quantité#2,097

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

central11 variantsVincent11 variantsempêche11 variantsSarkozy11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list