entacher
\ɑ̃.ta.ʃe\
The verdict
“entacher” is uncommon French (frequency #58,591 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,591
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marquer d'une tache, d'un point de vue moral. Salir l'honneur ou la réputation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-entacher · entacher · French
entacher · rank #58,591 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,591
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH enrobage
Nearest frequency peer: enrobage (-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 « entacher »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- enigma
enigma
41,413 corpus weight
- enquêtant
enquêtant
41,412 corpus weight
- enrobage
enrobage
41,411 corpus weight
- entacher
entacher
41,410 corpus weight
- entraînaient
entraînaient
41,409 corpus weight
- entreprenan…
entreprenants
41,408 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « entacher » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entacher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ta.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,591 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « entacher » en français
Rare enough to double-check
entacher is uncommon French at frequency #58,591 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.ta.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for entacher in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is entacher, spelled E-N-T-A-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Marquer d'une tache, d'un point de vue moral. Salir l'honneur ou la réputation.
- 2Fragiliser la légalité d’un acte par une erreur, une omission ou tout défaut.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entacher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cet arrêt l’entache en son honneur, dans son honneur.
Un acte entaché d’avarice, entaché de nullité.
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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