venir

\və.niʁ\

/\və.niʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“venir” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #548. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#548
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se rendre sur le lieu où se trouve celui qui parle ou dont on parle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-venir · venir · French

venir · rank #548 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #548
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH roi

Nearest frequency peer: roi (-1 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 « venir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « venir » 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).

venir vs ver
60% similar
venir vs vir
60% similar
venir vs voir
60% similar

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

Key facts for venir
PropertyValue
Headwordvenir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\və.niʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#548
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « venir »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.venirse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « roi » (#547), « action » (#549), « questions » (#546). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « venir » est au #548. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around venir (IPA \və.niʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #548 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 14 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for venir, with forms such as "evnir", "veinr", and "venirr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ver", "vir", "voir", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 venir, spelled V-E-N-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se rendre sur le lieu où se trouve celui qui parle ou dont on parle.
  2. 2
    S’étendre jusqu’à un point précis, atteindre une limite.
  3. 3
    Survenir, arriver, se produire inopinément ou fortuitement.
  4. 4
    Se déplacer en sens inverse, quand celui qui parle invite un autre à l’accompagner.
  5. 5
    Parvenir à la connaissance de quelqu’un.
  6. 6
    Arriver par succession, échoir.
  7. 7
    Succéder.
  8. 8
    Provenir de ; trouver son origine dans.
  9. 9
    Naître → voir venir au monde.
  10. 10
    Pousser ; croître ; être produit.
  11. 11
    Devenir.
  12. 12
    Semi-auxiliaire du passé récent. → voir venir de.
  13. 13
    Forme impersonnelle, voir aussi revenir.
  14. 14
    Jouir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. venez ici, mon enfant.
  2. Vers la fin de l'automne, une nuit qu'il faisait sa garde habituelle entre ses deux compagnons Mahmoud et Saïd, ce dernier vint à lui et, légèrement embarrassé, lui confia qu'il aimait Fatouma et qu'il voudrait bien l'épouser.

Synonyms

arriverproduire

Antonyms

partiréloigner

This word in other languages

come(English)venir(Español)kommen(Deutsch)chegar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evnir
  • veinr
  • venirr
  • vennir
  • venri
  • vneir
  • vvenir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of venir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

evnir2veinr2venirr1vennir1venri2vneir2vvenir1
Edit distance from "venir"

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 "venir"?
"venir" is spelled V-E-N-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \və.niʁ\.
What does "venir" mean?
As a verb, "venir" means: Se rendre sur le lieu où se trouve celui qui parle ou dont on parle.
What words are commonly confused with "venir"?
"venir" is commonly confused with "ver", "vir", "voir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "venir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "venir" is \və.niʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "venir" come from?
"venir" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "venir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

frère#542avril#539viens#536terme#535

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

milieu7 variantsaffaire7 variantsabord7 variantsarmée7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list