endoctriner

\ɑ̃.dɔk.tʁi.ne\

/\ɑ̃.dɔk.tʁi.ne\/ verb

The verdict

“endoctriner” is uncommon French (frequency #84,759 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,759
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chercher à gagner quelqu’un à une doctrine, à une opinion.

Corpus desk

Index FR-endoctriner · endoctriner · French

endoctriner · rank #84,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,759
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH encyclopédiqu…

Nearest frequency peer: encyclopédiques (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « endoctriner »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « endoctriner » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for endoctriner
PropertyValue
Headwordendoctriner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.dɔk.tʁi.ne\
Letters11
Frequency rank#84,759
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « endoctriner » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).endoctrinertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « encyclopédiques » (#84,758), « endymion » (#84,760), « enclines » (#84,757). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « endoctriner » est au #84,759. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

endoctriner is uncommon French at frequency #84,759 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.dɔk.tʁi.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for endoctriner, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is endoctriner, spelled E-N-D-O-C-T-R-I-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chercher à gagner quelqu’un à une doctrine, à une opinion.
  2. 2
    Donner les renseignements, les indications, les instructions nécessaires sur quelque affaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais la préparation du public par les journaux ne suffisait pas […]. Aussi, les officiers supérieurs et inférieurs n'ont-ils pas manqué d'endoctriner leurs soldats sur les prétendues atrocités que les Serbes feraient subir à leurs prisonniers.
  2. De plus, un système monastique envahissant endoctrinait des dizaines de milliers d’enfants de moins de dix ans dans des rituels superstitieux, tout en les forçant au célibat dans une vie inutile de prière et d’études religieuses.

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); 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 "endoctriner"?
"endoctriner" is spelled E-N-D-O-C-T-R-I-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.dɔk.tʁi.ne\.
What does "endoctriner" mean?
As a verb, "endoctriner" means: Chercher à gagner quelqu’un à une doctrine, à une opinion.
How do you pronounce "endoctriner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "endoctriner" is \ɑ̃.dɔk.tʁi.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "endoctriner" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list