venir à bout
\və.ni.ʁ‿a.bu\
The verdict
“venir à bout” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Atteindre ses objectifs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-venir-a-bout · venir à bout · French
venir à bout · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | venir à bout |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \və.ni.ʁ‿a.bu\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « venir à bout » en français
Rare enough to double-check
venir à bout is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \və.ni.ʁ‿a.bu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
venir à bout doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 venir à bout, spelled V-E-N-I-R- -À- -B-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1Atteindre ses objectifs.
- 2Vaincre.
- 3Se débarrasser définitivement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how venir à bout appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On me présenta une glace devant la bouche ; je fis des efforts prodigieux pour la ternir de mon souffle, afin de montrer que je n’étais pas mort : je ne pus en venir à bout.
C’est l’anniversaire d’Aurore. Sa sœur vient à bout de lui faire un bouquet avec trois fleurettes épargnées par la gelée dans la serre abandonnée.
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.