Entente
[ɑ̃ˈtɑ̃ːt]
The verdict
“Entente” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,139. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,139
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf Gentleman's Agreement beruhendes Staatenbündnis
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Entente |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɑ̃ˈtɑ̃ːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #41,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Entente” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Entente (IPA [ɑ̃ˈtɑ̃ːt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,139 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "auf Gentleman's Agreement beruhendes Staatenbündnis".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Entente, with forms such as "enetnte", "enntente", and "entenet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "erntete", "ertönte", "entfernte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Entente, spelled E-N-T-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1auf Gentleman's Agreement beruhendes Staatenbündnis
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: enetnte,enntente,entenet,entennte,ententte,entetne,entnete,enttente,etnente,netente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Entente - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Entente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-N-T-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɑ̃ˈtɑ̃ːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “erntete” - see the side-by-side comparison. Entente vs erntete
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.