ventouse
\vɑ̃.tuz\
The verdict
“ventouse” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #40,072 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,072
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sorte de petite cloche de verre, qu’on applique sur la peau et dans l’intérieur de laquelle on raréfie l’air au moyen de la chaleur ou par un procédé mécanique, afin de soulever la peau et de produ...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ventouse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɑ̃.tuz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #40,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ventouse” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for ventouse is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɑ̃.tuz\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,072 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ventouse, with forms such as "evntouse", "venntouse", and "venotuse". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "venture", "Ventoux", "vendeuse", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ventouse, spelled V-E-N-T-O-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de petite cloche de verre, qu’on applique sur la peau et dans l’intérieur de laquelle on raréfie l’air au moyen de la chaleur ou par un procédé mécanique, afin de soulever la peau et de produire une révulsion locale.
- 2Organes dont quelques animaux aquatiques sont pourvus, et à l’aide desquels ils s’attachent aux différents corps, ou sucent, en faisant le vide.
- 3Dont la forme évoque une ventouse.
- 4Coupelle élastique et hermétique, que la pression atmosphérique permet de faire adhérer à des surfaces planes et lisses.
- 5Un outil à main dont le manche tient à son extrémité une membrane en forme de cloche, conçu pour déboucher le drain d’une cuvette, que l’on actionne en tirant sur l’outil dont l’embout recouvre la bouche du drain immergée dans le liquide, pour créer une dépression et ainsi faire reculer l’obstacle de son logement.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evntouse,venntouse,venotuse,ventosue,ventoues,ventousse,venttouse,ventuose,vetnouse,vnetouse,vventouse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ventouse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “ventouse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-E-N-T-O-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vɑ̃.tuz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “venture” - see the side-by-side comparison. ventouse vs venture
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.