vient

\vjɛ̃\

/\vjɛ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“vient” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #331. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#331
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier à l’indicatif présent de venir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vient · vient · French

vient · rank #331 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #331
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH cause

Nearest frequency peer: cause (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « vient »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « vient » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vient vs vit
60% similar
vient vs vin
60% similar
vient vs vont
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vient
PropertyValue
Headwordvient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vjɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#331
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vient »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vientse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cause » (#332), « problème » (#329), « crois » (#333). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vient » est au #331. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around vient (IPA \vjɛ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #331 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier à l’indicatif présent de venir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for vient, with forms such as "ivent", "veint", and "viennt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vit", "vin", "vont", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is vient, spelled V-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier à l’indicatif présent de venir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vient appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Marius était dans l’âge où, en fait de mal, on ne croit rien; plus tard vient l’âge où l’on croit tout.
  2. La justice française vient de trancher : des commerciaux de la société Ricard ont le droit de se plaindre de l’alcoolisme consubstantiel à l’exercice de leur métier.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivent
  • veint
  • viennt
  • vientt
  • vietn
  • vinet
  • vvient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vient - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ivent2veint2viennt1vientt1vietn2vinet2vvient1
Edit distance from "vient"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vient"?
"vient" is spelled V-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \vjɛ̃\.
What does "vient" mean?
As a verb, "vient" means: Troisième personne du singulier à l’indicatif présent de venir.
What words are commonly confused with "vient"?
"vient" is commonly confused with "vit", "vin", "vont". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vient" is \vjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vient" come from?
"vient" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vient", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cause#332crois#333ligne#328début#335

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

donner7 variantsaccord7 variantsaucune7 variantsfaçon7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list