vente

/\vɑ̃t\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#991

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

vente is aFrenchnoun. It means: Contrat par lequel une chose est aliénée moyennant un prix donné. Pronounced \vɑ̃t\. It ranks #991 in French word frequency. Often confused with veut and vont.

Key facts for vente
PropertyValue
Headwordvente
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɑ̃t\
Letters5
Frequency rank#991
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of vente in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for vente is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɑ̃t\. Corpus data places it at rank #991 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for vente, with forms such as "evnte", "venet", and "vennte". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "veut", "vont", "vite", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is vente, spelled V-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contrat par lequel une chose est aliénée moyennant un prix donné.
  2. 2
    Commerce de celui qui vend
  3. 3
    Fonction de ceux qui sont chargés d’écouler, dans une entreprise, les marchandises produites ou achetées.
  4. 4
    Coupe qui se fait dans un bois, dans une forêt, en des temps réglés.
  5. 5
    Partie d’une forêt ou d’un bois qui vient d’être coupée.
  6. 6
    Section de la société secrète des carbonari.
  7. 7
    Redevance due au seigneur du fief pour la vente d’un domaine compris dans sa censive.
  8. 8
    Marchandises vendues à rabais, en solde.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evnte,venet,vennte,ventte,vetne,vnete,vvente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vente

Misspelling Variants of "vente"

evnte5venet5vennte6ventte6vetne5vnete5vvente6
Misspelling Variants of "vente"

Frequency rank: #991 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vente"?
"vente" is spelled V-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɑ̃t\.
What does "vente" mean?
As a noun, "vente" means: Contrat par lequel une chose est aliénée moyennant un prix donné.
What words are commonly confused with "vente"?
"vente" is commonly confused with "veut", "vont", "vite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vente" is \vɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vente" come from?
"vente" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.