avoir le ventre creux

verb

The verdict

“avoir le ventre creux” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
21
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avoir très faim.

Key facts for avoir le ventre creux
PropertyValue
Headwordavoir le ventre creux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “avoir le ventre creux” sits in French frequency

avoir le ventre creux falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for avoir le ventre creux is 21 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Avoir très faim.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for avoir le ventre creux, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 avoir le ventre creux, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -V-E-N-T-R-E- -C-R-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir très faim.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "avoir le ventre creux"?
"avoir le ventre creux" is spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -V-E-N-T-R-E- -C-R-E-U-X.
What does "avoir le ventre creux" mean?
As a verb, "avoir le ventre creux" means: Avoir très faim.
What language does "avoir le ventre creux" come from?
"avoir le ventre creux" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “avoir le ventre creux”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -V-E-N-T-R-E- -C-R-E-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list