sous-ventrière
\su.vɑ̃.tʁi.jɛʁ\
The verdict
“sous-ventrière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Courroie attachée par ses deux extrémités aux deux limons d’une charrette et qui passe sous le ventre du cheval.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sous-ventriere · sous-ventrière · French
sous-ventrière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sous-ventrière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \su.vɑ̃.tʁi.jɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sous-ventrière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \su.vɑ̃.tʁi.jɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sous-ventrière, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sous-ventrière, spelled S-O-U-S---V-E-N-T-R-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Courroie attachée par ses deux extrémités aux deux limons d’une charrette et qui passe sous le ventre du cheval.
- 2Ceinture.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sous-ventrière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’en étais lourd, de ces mots, à plus savoir où il fallait mettre l’ardillon de la sous-ventrière.
L'appareil a eu comme un sursaut nerveux. Toute proportion gardée, je pourrais comparer ce mouvement à celui du cheval qui vient de prendre, tout-à-coup, un violent coup d'éperon près de la sous-ventrière.
This word in other languages
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.