venir à la rencontre

\vœ.ni.ʁ‿a la ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ\

/\vœ.ni.ʁ‿a la ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“venir à la rencontre” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rejoindre quelqu’un qui, de son côté, fait le déplacement pour venir vers le locuteur.

Key facts for venir à la rencontre
PropertyValue
Headwordvenir à la rencontre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vœ.ni.ʁ‿a la ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ\
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “venir à la rencontre” sits in French frequency

venir à la rencontre falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for venir à la rencontre is 20 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vœ.ni.ʁ‿a la ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Rejoindre quelqu’un qui, de son côté, fait le déplacement pour venir vers le locuteur.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for venir à la rencontre, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is venir à la rencontre, spelled V-E-N-I-R- -À- -L-A- -R-E-N-C-O-N-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rejoindre quelqu’un qui, de son côté, fait le déplacement pour venir vers le locuteur.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "venir à la rencontre"?
"venir à la rencontre" is spelled V-E-N-I-R- -À- -L-A- -R-E-N-C-O-N-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vœ.ni.ʁ‿a la ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ\.
What does "venir à la rencontre" mean?
As a verb, "venir à la rencontre" means: Rejoindre quelqu’un qui, de son côté, fait le déplacement pour venir vers le locuteur.
How do you pronounce "venir à la rencontre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "venir à la rencontre" is \vœ.ni.ʁ‿a la ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "venir à la rencontre" come from?
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Using “venir à la rencontre”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is V-E-N-I-R- -À- -L-A- -R-E-N-C-O-N-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \vœ.ni.ʁ‿a la ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list