aventurier
\a.vɑ̃.ty.ʁje\
The verdict
“aventurier” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #18,939 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,939
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celui qui aime les aventures extraordinaires, qui court le monde et s’engage volontiers dans les entreprises hasardeuses où il peut espérer quelque avantage.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aventurier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.vɑ̃.ty.ʁje\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #18,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aventurier” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for aventurier is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.vɑ̃.ty.ʁje\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,939 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for aventurier, with forms such as "aevnturier", "avennturier", and "aventruier". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "aventuriers", "aventurière", "aventure", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is aventurier, spelled A-V-E-N-T-U-R-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui aime les aventures extraordinaires, qui court le monde et s’engage volontiers dans les entreprises hasardeuses où il peut espérer quelque avantage.
- 2Celui qui allait volontairement à la guerre, sans recevoir de solde et sans s’obliger aux gardes et aux autres fonctions militaires qui ne donnent que de la fatigue.
- 3Corsaire qui piratait sur les mers de l’Amérique et qu’on appelait autrement flibustiers et boucaniers.
- 4Celui qui est sans état et sans fortune et qui vit d’expédients.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aevnturier,avennturier,aventruier,aventturier,aventuirer,aventureir,aventurierr,aventurire,aventurrier,avenutrier,avetnurier,avneturier,avventurier,vaenturier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aventurier - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “aventurier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-V-E-N-T-U-R-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.vɑ̃.ty.ʁje\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “aventuriers” - see the side-by-side comparison. aventurier vs aventuriers
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.