vînt

\vɛ̃\

/\vɛ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“vînt” is uncommon French (frequency #97,549 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,549
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-vint · vînt · French

vînt · rank #97,549 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,549
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH végétalisme

Nearest frequency peer: végétalisme (-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 « vînt »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vînt » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vînt
PropertyValue
Headwordvînt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vɛ̃\
Letters4
Frequency rank#97,549
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vînt » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vînttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « végétalisme » (#97,548), « wahoo » (#97,550), « VSL » (#97,547). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vînt » est au #97,549. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vînt is uncommon French at frequency #97,549 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \vɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait du subjonctif de venir.".

vînt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vînt, spelled V-Î-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait du subjonctif de venir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La police le traquait déjà. Il le savait. Il attendait qu’elle vînt, sans s’émouvoir.
  2. Il sembla qu’elle vînt au-devant de lui avec la cloche qui se rapprochait, non plus comme celle d’une délivrance, mais comme celle d’une prison.

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 "vînt"?
"vînt" is spelled V-Î-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛ̃\.
What does "vînt" mean?
As a verb, "vînt" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait du subjonctif de venir.
How do you pronounce "vînt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vînt" is \vɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vînt" come from?
"vînt" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

voye#97,546WEIs#97,554wipe#97,559vant#97,535

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list