ventripotent
\vɑ̃.tʁi.pɔ.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“ventripotent” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a un gros ventre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ventripotent · ventripotent · French
ventripotent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | ventripotent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vɑ̃.tʁi.pɔ.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ventripotent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ventripotent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vɑ̃.tʁi.pɔ.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a un gros ventre.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ventripotent in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ventripotent, spelled V-E-N-T-R-I-P-O-T-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui a un gros ventre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ventripotent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les femmes ne croient qu’aux passions maigres ; les ventripotents ne les persuadent point, eussent-ils en la bouche les chaînes dorées, symboles d’éloquence, qui suspendaient nobles, bourgeois, manants, aux lèvres d’Ogmios, l’Hercule gaulois.
Ventripotent et poussif, il avait des favoris en nageoires, et sa figure offrait cette particularité étonnante, que le nez était couleur d’aubergine.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.