aventurier

\a.vɑ̃.ty.ʁje\

/\a.vɑ̃.ty.ʁje\/ noun

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The verdict

“aventurier” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,939. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,939
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aventurier · aventurier · French

aventurier · rank #18,939 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,939
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aubert

Nearest frequency peer: aubert (-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 « aventurier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aventurier » 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).

aventurier vs aventuriers
91% similar
aventurier vs aventurière
82% similar
aventurier vs aventure
80% similar

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

Key facts for aventurier
PropertyValue
Headwordaventurier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.vɑ̃.ty.ʁje\
Letters10
Frequency rank#18,939
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aventurier »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).aventurierse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « aubert » (#18,938), « axée » (#18,940), « atteindra » (#18,937). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aventurier » est au #18,939. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around aventurier (IPA \a.vɑ̃.ty.ʁje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,939 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Celui qui aime les aventures extraordinaires, qui court le monde et s’engage volontiers dans les entreprises hasardeuses où il peut espérer quelque avantage.
  2. 2
    Celui 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.
  3. 3
    Corsaire qui piratait sur les mers de l’Amérique et qu’on appelait autrement flibustiers et boucaniers.
  4. 4
    Celui qui est sans état et sans fortune et qui vit d’expédients.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Plus d’un aventurier hardi se présenta, qui voulait partager la gloire et les dangers de sa tentative ; mais il refusa sans donner de raisons de son refus.
  2. Mais tu étais cadet, et sous l’ancien droit, le patrimoine dont tu as eu la moitié appartenait entièrement à ton frère aîné. […]. Si la Constituante n’avait passé un trait de plume sur cet article de la loi, tu serais à l’heure qu’il est de toute nécessité chevalier d’industrie, barnabote, aventurier, abbé, bretteur, coureur de ruelles.

This word in other languages

adventurer(English)aventurero(Español)Abenteurer(Deutsch)

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.

aevnturier2avennturier1aventruier2aventturier1aventuirer2aventureir2aventurierr1aventurire2
Edit distance from "aventurier"

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 "aventurier"?
"aventurier" is spelled A-V-E-N-T-U-R-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vɑ̃.ty.ʁje\.
What does "aventurier" mean?
As a noun, "aventurier" means: Celui qui aime les aventures extraordinaires, qui court le monde et s’engage volontiers dans les entreprises hasardeuses où il peut espérer quelque avantage.
What words are commonly confused with "aventurier"?
"aventurier" is commonly confused with "aventuriers", "aventurière", "aventure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aventurier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aventurier" is \a.vɑ̃.ty.ʁje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aventurier" come from?
"aventurier" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

cheminées14 variantscirculant14 variantsdignement14 variantsdivinités14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list