entablement
\ɑ̃.ta.blə.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“entablement” is uncommon French (frequency #57,923 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,923
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dernier rang de pierres qui est au haut d’un bâtiment, et sur lequel pose la charpente de la toiture.
Corpus desk
Index FR-entablement · entablement · French
entablement · rank #57,923 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,923
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH enraciner
Nearest frequency peer: enraciner (-2 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 « entablement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Enid
Enid
42,082 corpus weight
- Enoch
Enoch
42,081 corpus weight
- enraciner
enraciner
42,080 corpus weight
- entablement
entablement
42,078 corpus weight
- entasse
entasse
42,076 corpus weight
- entraîneront
entraîneront
42,075 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « entablement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entablement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ta.blə.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #57,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « entablement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
entablement is uncommon French at frequency #57,923 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.ta.blə.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for entablement in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is entablement, spelled E-N-T-A-B-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Dernier rang de pierres qui est au haut d’un bâtiment, et sur lequel pose la charpente de la toiture.
- 2Couronnement de baie.
- 3Partie de certains édifices qui surmonte ordinairement des colonnes ou des pilastres, et qui comprend l’architrave, la frise et la corniche.
- 4Assemblage de tablettes en bois formant des rayonnages.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entablement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En traversant le bourg de Garchy, on s'arrête pour jeter un coup-d’œil sur l’abside à pans coupés de son église, et pour considérer l’entablement garni de têtes de clous et soutenu par des modillons ornés de feuilles de fantaisie et de figures bizarres d'animaux.
Un entablement à balustres cache un toit à l’indienne d’où sortent des cheminées en pierres de taille masquées par des trophées d’armes.
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.
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