vent latéral

noun

The verdict

“vent latéral” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Vent venant du côté du véhicule.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vent-lateral · vent latéral · French

vent latéral · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 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.

Key facts for vent latéral
PropertyValue
Headwordvent latéral
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vent latéral » en français

vent latéraln'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

vent latéral is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vent venant du côté du véhicule.".

vent latéral has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is vent latéral, spelled V-E-N-T- -L-A-T-É-R-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vent venant du côté du véhicule.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Aux côtés des ABS et ESP (correcteur de trajectoire) désormais obligatoires, une voiture peut bénéficier d’un système de freinage automatique, d’un avertisseur de perte de pression des pneumatiques, un système de détection de somnolence ou encore une assistance électronique qui limite les écarts de trajectoires lors des rafales de vent latéral.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vent latéral"?
"vent latéral" is spelled V-E-N-T- -L-A-T-É-R-A-L.
What does "vent latéral" mean?
As a noun, "vent latéral" means: Vent venant du côté du véhicule.
What language does "vent latéral" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list