mésaventure

\me.za.vɑ̃.tyʁ\

/\me.za.vɑ̃.tyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“mésaventure” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,274
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Événement fâcheux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mesaventure · mésaventure · French

mésaventure · rank #30,274 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #30,274
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mutilé

Nearest frequency peer: mutilé (-2 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 « mésaventure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mésaventure » 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).

mésaventure vs mésaventures
92% similar

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

Key facts for mésaventure
PropertyValue
Headwordmésaventure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\me.za.vɑ̃.tyʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#30,274
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mésaventure »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mésaventurese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mutilé » (#30,272), « ng » (#30,276), « musicienne » (#30,271). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mésaventure » est au #30,274. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around mésaventure (IPA \me.za.vɑ̃.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,274 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Événement fâcheux.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for mésaventure, with forms such as "mesaventure", "mmésaventure", and "mséaventure". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "mésaventures", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mésaventure, spelled M-É-S-A-V-E-N-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Événement fâcheux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il conta sa mésaventure au mayeur qui, feignant d’y compatir, lui permit de choisir, à moitié prix, dans le troupeau, une bête toute parelle.
  2. Mais tout est bien qui finit bien, et il ne me reste plus qu'à aller conter ma mésaventure au commissaire de police en lui remettant ce carnet en cuir de Russie […]

This word in other languages

misadventure(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mesaventure
  • mmésaventure
  • mséaventure
  • méasventure
  • mésaevnture
  • mésavennture
  • mésaventrue
  • mésaventture
  • mésaventuer
  • mésaventurre
  • mésavenutre
  • mésavetnure
  • mésavneture
  • mésavventure
  • méssaventure
  • mésvaenture
  • émsaventure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mésaventure - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mesaventure1mmésaventure1mséaventure2méasventure2mésaevnture2mésavennture1mésaventrue2mésaventture1
Edit distance from "mésaventure"

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 "mésaventure"?
"mésaventure" is spelled M-É-S-A-V-E-N-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.za.vɑ̃.tyʁ\.
What does "mésaventure" mean?
As a noun, "mésaventure" means: Événement fâcheux.
What words are commonly confused with "mésaventure"?
"mésaventure" is commonly confused with "mésaventures". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mésaventure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mésaventure" is \me.za.vɑ̃.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mésaventure" come from?
"mésaventure" 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 "mésaventure", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

messageries#30,264pathétiques#30,300kilogrammes#30,236poursuivons#30,314

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

préparaient17 variantsincendiaires17 variantsrécidiviste17 variantsrépondront17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list