Ente
\ˈɛn.tə\
The verdict
“Ente” is uncommon French (frequency #52,668 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,668
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Canard nom générique de l'oiseau ansériforme, principalement de la famille des Anatidés, ou (Erpel).
Corpus desk
Index FR-ente · Ente · French
Ente · rank #52,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,668
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH ennuyez
Nearest frequency peer: ennuyez (-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 « Ente »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- encourent
encourent
47,337 corpus weight
- ennuyez
ennuyez
47,334 corpus weight
- Ente
Ente
47,333 corpus weight
- envisagerait
envisagerait
47,332 corpus weight
- equivalent
equivalent
47,331 corpus weight
- escarpées
escarpées
47,330 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Ente » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ente |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɛn.tə\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #52,668 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ente » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ente is uncommon French at frequency #52,668 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɛn.tə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Ente in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Ente, spelled E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Canard nom générique de l'oiseau ansériforme, principalement de la famille des Anatidés, ou (Erpel).
- 2Canular, bobard, surtout dans un journal.
- 3Surnom de la deux-chevaux Citroën.
- 4Urinal, flacon destiné à recevoir l'urine d'un malade alité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Jagdhund fraß die Ente.
Detlef kann ausgezeichnet Tierstimmen imitieren: Er gackert wie ein Huhn, schnattert wie eine Ente, wiehert wie ein Pferd oder bellt wie ein Hund.
Synonyms
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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