ventre à ventre
\vɑ̃.tʁ‿a vɑ̃tʁ\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ventre à ventre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \vɑ̃.tʁ‿a vɑ̃tʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ventre à ventre » en français
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
- 1Face à face, de façon très rapprochée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ventre à ventre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.