antre

\ɑ̃tʁ\

/\ɑ̃tʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“antre” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,525. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,525
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caverne, grotte naturelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-antre · antre · French

antre · rank #21,525 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,525
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alone

Nearest frequency peer: alone (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « antre »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « antre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

antre vs are
60% similar
antre vs arte
60% similar
antre vs apte
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for antre
PropertyValue
Headwordantre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃tʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#21,525
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « antre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).antrese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « alone » (#21,524), « aperçus » (#21,526), « affront » (#21,523). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « antre » est au #21,525. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around antre (IPA \ɑ̃tʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,525 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for antre, with forms such as "anntre", "anrte", and "anter". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "are", "arte", "apte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is antre, spelled A-N-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caverne, grotte naturelle.
  2. 2
    Caverne, grotte où vit un animal sauvage, une bête fauve.
  3. 3
    Lieu où il est dangereux d’entrer, d’où l’on n’est pas sûr de sortir.
  4. 4
    Cavité naturelle de quelques organes du corps humain.
  5. 5
    Anus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Antre obscur.
  2. Se cacher dans un antre.

Synonyms

cavernegouffregrottecouchettegitegîtetanièreterrierrepaire

This word in other languages

cave(English)antro(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anntre
  • anrte
  • anter
  • antrre
  • anttre
  • atnre
  • natre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of antre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

anntre1anrte2anter2antrre1anttre1atnre2natre2
Edit distance from "antre"

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 "antre"?
"antre" is spelled A-N-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃tʁ\.
What does "antre" mean?
As a noun, "antre" means: Caverne, grotte naturelle.
What words are commonly confused with "antre"?
"antre" is commonly confused with "are", "arte", "apte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "antre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antre" is \ɑ̃tʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antre" come from?
"antre" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

alone#21,524basic#21,542bocal#21,545vouée#21,502

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Yvonne7 variantscassez7 variantsspike7 variantsconti7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list