venteuse
\vɑ̃.tøz\
The verdict
“venteuse” is uncommon French (frequency #87,241 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,241
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de venteux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-venteuse · venteuse · French
venteuse · rank #87,241 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,241
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH velus
Nearest frequency peer: velus (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « venteuse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vasa
vasa
12,763 corpus weight
- veiné
veiné
12,762 corpus weight
- velus
velus
12,761 corpus weight
- venteuse
venteuse
12,760 corpus weight
- vevo
vevo
12,759 corpus weight
- vidéothèque
vidéothèque
12,757 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « venteuse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | venteuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vɑ̃.tøz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,241 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « venteuse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
venteuse is uncommon French at frequency #87,241 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vɑ̃.tøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de venteux.".
venteuse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is venteuse, spelled V-E-N-T-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de venteux.
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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