d’entrée
\dɑ̃.tʁe\
The verdict
“d’entrée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dès le début.
Corpus desk
Index FR-d-entree · d’entrée · French
d’entrée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | d’entrée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \dɑ̃.tʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
d’entrée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \dɑ̃.tʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dès le début.".
d’entrée doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is d’entrée, spelled D-’-E-N-T-R-É-E.
Definition
- 1Dès le début.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how d’entrée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Cet événement tardant, j’ai pensé que tu avais trouvé une autre bonne planque. Et ni chez des copains ni dans un hôtel borgne, puisque ces copains et ces lieux, d’entrée, tu les avais évités.
En entrant dans une classe, il a prévenu d’entrée, selon un enfant qui a survécu, caché sous une table recouverte d’une nappe : « C’est le moment de mourir. »
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.