ventriloque
\vɑ̃.tʁi.lɔk\
The verdict
“ventriloque” is uncommon French (frequency #63,446 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,446
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui a la faculté d’articuler et de se faire entendre sans remuer les lèvres, et de modifier tellement sa voix qu’elle semble ne pas venir d'elle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ventriloque · ventriloque · French
ventriloque · rank #63,446 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,446
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH Vendres
Nearest frequency peer: Vendres (-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 « ventriloque »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vamos
vamos
36,558 corpus weight
- variera
variera
36,557 corpus weight
- Vendres
Vendres
36,556 corpus weight
- ventriloque
ventriloque
36,555 corpus weight
- verbalisé
verbalisé
36,554 corpus weight
- vibro
vibro
36,552 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ventriloque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ventriloque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɑ̃.tʁi.lɔk\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #63,446 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ventriloque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ventriloque is uncommon French at frequency #63,446 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɑ̃.tʁi.lɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ventriloque has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ventriloque, spelled V-E-N-T-R-I-L-O-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Personne qui a la faculté d’articuler et de se faire entendre sans remuer les lèvres, et de modifier tellement sa voix qu’elle semble ne pas venir d'elle.
- 2Artiste qui présente un spectacle de ventriloquie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ventriloque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ventriloques, gens qui parlent par le ventre, et qu’on a pris autrefois pour des démoniaques ou des magiciens.
À les voir tous deux, elle accrochée à lui, disloquée et comme privée de jambes, lui très raide dans sa jaquette et ses pantalons rayés, on se serait cru en présence d’un ventriloque traînant sa partenaire : une poupée de quatre sous, avec des cheveux en étoupe et une tête de carton bouilli.
Synonyms
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).