bas-ventre
\ba.vɑ̃tʁ\
The verdict
“bas-ventre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie inférieure du ventre qui correspond à la cavité du bassin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bas-ventre · bas-ventre · French
bas-ventre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | bas-ventre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.vɑ̃tʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bas-ventre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.vɑ̃tʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bas-ventre, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bas-ventre, spelled B-A-S---V-E-N-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Partie inférieure du ventre qui correspond à la cavité du bassin.
- 2Parties génitales, sexe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bas-ventre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand M. le comte reçut son boulet dans le bas-ventre, je ramenai moi seul ses chevaux, ses mulets, sa tente et tout son équipage sans qu’il manquât un mouchoir, monsieur.
En revanche, son pied chaussé d’une tatane sans âge atteignit parfaitement son but : le bas-ventre de l’agresseur, qui se plia de douleur.
Synonyms
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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.