vente

\vɑ̃t\

/\vɑ̃t\/ noun

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The verdict

“vente” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #991. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#991
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contrat par lequel une chose est aliénée moyennant un prix donné.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vente · vente · French

vente · rank #991 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #991
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH unique

Nearest frequency peer: unique (-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 « vente »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vente » 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).

vente vs veut
60% similar
vente vs vont
60% similar
vente vs vite
60% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vente »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ventese 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 « unique » (#990), « via » (#992), « territoire » (#989). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vente » est au #991. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around vente (IPA \vɑ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #991 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for vente, with forms such as "evnte", "venet", and "vennte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vente, spelled V-E-N-T-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La vente en l'état futur d'achèvement est le contrat par lequel le vendeur transfère immédiatement à l'acquéreur ses droits sur le sol ainsi que la propriété des constructions existantes.
  2. La vente en vertu de la clause de voie parée doit être précédée d'un commandement signifié au débiteur, de payer la somme due, dans un délai qui ne peut être inférieur à quinze jours.

This word in other languages

sale(English)venta(Español)Verkauf(Deutsch)venda(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evnte
  • venet
  • vennte
  • ventte
  • vetne
  • vnete
  • vvente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vente - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

evnte2venet2vennte1ventte1vetne2vnete2vvente1
Edit distance from "vente"

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 "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

telle#988films#980lieux#1,003pieds#1,006

Similar misspelling depth

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

unique7 variantsarrivé7 variantsgrosse7 variantstable7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list