venturi
\vɑ̃.ty.ʁi\
The verdict
“venturi” is uncommon French (frequency #51,805 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,805
- frequency rank, French
- 148,117
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rétrécissement d'un tube engendrant une augmentation de la vitesse d'écoulement du fluide y circulant conjointement à une diminution de la pression.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | venturi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɑ̃.ty.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,805 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “venturi” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
venturi is uncommon French at frequency #51,805 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɑ̃.ty.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
venturi doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is venturi, spelled V-E-N-T-U-R-I.
Definition
- 1Rétrécissement d'un tube engendrant une augmentation de la vitesse d'écoulement du fluide y circulant conjointement à une diminution de la pression.
- 2Rétrécissement de la buse entourant le gicleur dans un carburateur.
- 3Tube servant à mesurer la vitesse d’un fluide ou son débit par mesure de la dépression.
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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Using “venturi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-E-N-T-U-R-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vɑ̃.ty.ʁi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.