entaille

/\ɑ̃.tɑj\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,499

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

entaille is aFrenchnoun. It means: Coupure avec enlèvement de parties, faite dans une pierre, dans une pièce de bois, etc., soit pour y en emboîter une autre, soit pour quelque autre objet. Pronounced \ɑ̃.tɑj\. Often confused with entailles and entrailles.

Key facts for entaille
PropertyValue
Headwordentaille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.tɑj\
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,499
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of entaille in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for entaille is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.tɑj\. Corpus data places it at rank #35,499 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for entaille, with forms such as "enatille", "enntaille", and "entaile". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "entailles", "entrailles", "écaille", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is entaille, spelled E-N-T-A-I-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Coupure avec enlèvement de parties, faite dans une pierre, dans une pièce de bois, etc., soit pour y en emboîter une autre, soit pour quelque autre objet.
  2. 2
    Coupure faite dans un objet pour y laisser une marque.
  3. 3
    Coupure faite dans les chairs.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enatille,enntaille,entaile,entailel,entalile,entialle,enttaille,etnaille,netaille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for entaille

Misspelling Variants of "entaille"

enatille8enntaille9entaile7entailel8entalile8entialle8enttaille9etnaille8
Misspelling Variants of "entaille"

Frequency rank: #35,499 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entaille"?
"entaille" is spelled E-N-T-A-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tɑj\.
What does "entaille" mean?
As a noun, "entaille" means: Coupure avec enlèvement de parties, faite dans une pierre, dans une pièce de bois, etc., soit pour y en emboîter une autre, soit pour quelque autre objet.
What words are commonly confused with "entaille"?
"entaille" is commonly confused with "entailles", "entrailles", "écaille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entaille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entaille" is \ɑ̃.tɑj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entaille" come from?
"entaille" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.