ventre-saint-gris
\vɑ̃.tʁə.sɛ̃.ɡʁi\
The verdict
“ventre-saint-gris” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de juron familier d’Henri IV.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ventre-saint-gris · ventre-saint-gris · French
ventre-saint-gris · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 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-saint-gris |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \vɑ̃.tʁə.sɛ̃.ɡʁi\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ventre-saint-gris » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ventre-saint-gris is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \vɑ̃.tʁə.sɛ̃.ɡʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sorte de juron familier d’Henri IV.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ventre-saint-gris, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ventre-saint-gris, spelled V-E-N-T-R-E---S-A-I-N-T---G-R-I-S.
Definition
- 1Sorte de juron familier d’Henri IV.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ventre-saint-gris appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ventre-saint-gris ! vous le direz donc, car cela est, baronne.
Saint Gris, c’est, dit-on, saint François; Ventre-Saint-Gris, c’est un Franciscain, plaisanterie de Protestants, qu’on avoit apprise à Henri IV, dans son enfance.
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.