du vent
\dy vɑ̃\
The verdict
“du vent” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cette interjection s’utilise pour ordonner à quelqu’un de partir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-du-vent · du vent · French
du vent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | du vent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \dy vɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « du vent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
du vent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \dy vɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cette interjection s’utilise pour ordonner à quelqu’un de partir.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for du vent, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is du vent, spelled D-U- -V-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Cette interjection s’utilise pour ordonner à quelqu’un de partir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how du vent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Allez, mon pote, du vent. Allez, du balai. Si on ne t’a pas appris la politesse à Oxford Cambridge, je vais t’en toucher deux mots.
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.