entrecôte
/ˈɒntɹəˌkəʊt/
"entrecote" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“entrecôte” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sometimes in full entrecôte steak: a premium cut of beef from between the ribs used for roasts and steaks.
Corpus desk
Index EN-entrecote · entrecôte · English
entrecôte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | entrecôte |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɒntɹəˌkəʊt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “entrecôte” in English
Rare enough to double-check
entrecôte is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɒntɹəˌkəʊt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sometimes in full entrecôte steak: a premium cut of beef from between the ribs used for roasts and steaks.".
entrecôte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: PIE word *h₁én Borrowed from French entrecôte, from entre (“between”) + côte (“rib”). The correct English form is entrecôte, spelled E-N-T-R-E-C-Ô-T-E.
Definition
- 1Sometimes in full entrecôte steak: a premium cut of beef from between the ribs used for roasts and steaks.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entrecôte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Any dispute about the relative excellence of the beefsteak cut from the filet, as is usual in France, and of the entrecote, must henceforth be idle and absurd. Whenever, my dear young friend, you go to Paris, call at once for the entrecote; the filet in comparison to it is a poor fade lady's meat.
The six or the dozen premium cattle are killed, cooked, and tasted by appointed judges; the sirloin is stewed, broiled, roasted, and under each aspect offered to the epicures. The tail is souped, baked, and tested in its turn; the brain is submitted to a French fry, and the entrecotes to a broil with onions.
Etymology
PIE word *h₁én Borrowed from French entrecôte, from entre (“between”) + côte (“rib”).
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.