entrain
"entrain" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“entrain” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To draw (something) along as a current does.
Corpus desk
Index EN-entrain · entrain · English
entrain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entrain |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “entrain” in English
Rare enough to double-check
entrain is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
entrain doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French entrainer (modern French entraîner /entrainer), from en- + trainer (“to pull, drag”). The correct English form is entrain, spelled E-N-T-R-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1To draw (something) along as a current does.
- 2To suspend (small particles) in the current of a fluid.
- 3To set up or propagate (a signal), such as an oscillation.
- 4To conjoin, to link; as in a series of entities, elements, objects or processes.
- 5To become trained or conditioned in (a pattern of brain behavior).
- 6To draw, induce, or bring about.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entrain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
water entrained by steam
In certain cases, it is possible to entrain enough of the solids continually in the effluent gas stream and then to disentrain them again away from the bed.
Etymology
From Middle French entrainer (modern French entraîner /entrainer), from en- + trainer (“to pull, drag”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.