ventiler

\vɑ̃.ti.le\

/\vɑ̃.ti.le\/ verb

The verdict

“ventiler” is uncommon French (frequency #54,989 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,989
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Renouveler l’air à l’aide d’un ventilateur ou d'un autre moyen.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ventiler · ventiler · French

ventiler · rank #54,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,989
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH venom

Nearest frequency peer: venom (-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 « ventiler »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ventiler » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ventiler
PropertyValue
Headwordventiler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vɑ̃.ti.le\
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,989
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ventiler » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ventilertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « venom » (#54,988), « virtualisation » (#54,990), « vittoria » (#54,991). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « ventiler » est au #54,989. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ventiler is uncommon French at frequency #54,989 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \vɑ̃.ti.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for ventiler in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ventiler, spelled V-E-N-T-I-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Renouveler l’air à l’aide d’un ventilateur ou d'un autre moyen.
  2. 2
    Respirer
  3. 3
    Répartir une somme totale entre les différents articles auxquels elle doit être affectée.
  4. 4
    Estimer, évaluer une ou plusieurs portions d’un tout vendu, non pas quant à la valeur réelle, mais relativement au prix total.
  5. 5
    Mitrailler quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
  6. 6
    Réguler
  7. 7
    Changer les idées, chasser les pensées fixes, nocives ou abrutissantes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ventiler la cale d’un navire.
  2. Du coin de son tablier crasseux, elle s’en vint frotter quelques centimètres de ma table. Ce geste, en soulevant ses jupes, ventila ses ferments.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ventiler"?
"ventiler" is spelled V-E-N-T-I-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \vɑ̃.ti.le\.
What does "ventiler" mean?
As a verb, "ventiler" means: Renouveler l’air à l’aide d’un ventilateur ou d'un autre moyen.
How do you pronounce "ventiler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ventiler" is \vɑ̃.ti.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ventiler" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list