entendre
"entendre" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“entendre” is uncommon English (frequency #63,598 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,598
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A meaning, especially one that is implied rather than explicitly stated.
Corpus desk
Index EN-entendre · entendre · English
entendre · rank #63,598 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,598
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Enniskillen
Nearest frequency peer: Enniskillen (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “entendre”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- empt
empt
36,407 corpus weight
- endorser
endorser
36,405 corpus weight
- Enniskillen
Enniskillen
36,404 corpus weight
- entendre
entendre
36,403 corpus weight
- enteric
enteric
36,402 corpus weight
- ersatz
ersatz
36,399 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “entendre” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entendre |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “entendre” in English
Rare enough to double-check
entendre is uncommon English at frequency #63,598 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A meaning, especially one that is implied rather than explicitly stated.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for entendre, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Extracted from double entendre, corresponding to French entendre (“to understand, to mean”); doublet of intend. The correct English form is entendre, spelled E-N-T-E-N-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1A meaning, especially one that is implied rather than explicitly stated.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entendre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Like Lon Chaney, this mind’s mummy lives—but beneath how many wrappings of multiple entendres?
“Come on baby let’s ride / slide on into your four-wheel-drive and ride,” the singer urges, conveying more entendres than two.
Etymology
Extracted from double entendre, corresponding to French entendre (“to understand, to mean”); doublet of intend.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).