ventre à ventre

\vɑ̃.tʁ‿a vɑ̃tʁ\

/\vɑ̃.tʁ‿a vɑ̃tʁ\/ adv

The verdict

“ventre à ventre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Face à face, de façon très rapprochée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ventre-a-ventre · ventre à ventre · French

ventre à ventre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for ventre à ventre
PropertyValue
Headwordventre à ventre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\vɑ̃.tʁ‿a vɑ̃tʁ\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ventre à ventre » en français

ventre à ventrereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ventre à ventre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \vɑ̃.tʁ‿a vɑ̃tʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Face à face, de façon très rapprochée.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ventre à ventre, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 ventre à ventre, spelled V-E-N-T-R-E- -À- -V-E-N-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Face à face, de façon très rapprochée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Serrés comme sur un piste de danse, les gens se parlaient ventre à ventre.

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ventre à ventre"?
"ventre à ventre" is spelled V-E-N-T-R-E- -À- -V-E-N-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɑ̃.tʁ‿a vɑ̃tʁ\.
What does "ventre à ventre" mean?
As an adverb, "ventre à ventre" means: Face à face, de façon très rapprochée.
How do you pronounce "ventre à ventre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ventre à ventre" is \vɑ̃.tʁ‿a vɑ̃tʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ventre à ventre" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list