venter
\vɑ̃.te\
The verdict
“venter” is uncommon French (frequency #69,518 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,518
- frequency rank, French
- 148,117
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faire du vent. — Note d’usage : On l’emploie surtout impersonnellement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | venter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \vɑ̃.te\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “venter” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
venter is uncommon French at frequency #69,518 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \vɑ̃.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for venter in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 venter, spelled V-E-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire du vent. — Note d’usage : On l’emploie surtout impersonnellement.
- 2Souffler. — Note d’usage : Se construit alors avec le mot vent.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “venter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-E-N-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vɑ̃.te\ (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.