venerable
\ˈvɛnəɹəbl\
The verdict
“venerable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vénérable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-venerable · venerable · French
venerable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | venerable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈvɛnəɹəbl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
venerable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈvɛnəɹəbl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vénérable.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for venerable in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is venerable, spelled V-E-N-E-R-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Vénérable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how venerable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Antonyms
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.