enténébrer
\ɑ̃.te.ne.bʁe\
The verdict
“enténébrer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Envelopper de ténèbres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-entenebrer · enténébrer · French
enténébrer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enténébrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.te.ne.bʁe\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
enténébrer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.te.ne.bʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for enténébrer in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is enténébrer, spelled E-N-T-É-N-É-B-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Envelopper de ténèbres.
- 2S’obscurcir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enténébrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si le Dieu s’oubliait, devenait un tyran, voulait enténébrer l’imagination de terreurs serviles, l'esprit armé d'une telle langue, lui retrouvant ses origines, dirait : « Qui t'a créé, c'est moi. »
Et il était resté là jusqu’au soir, effaré, ne comprenant pas, luttant contre la démence qui montait en lui, avec le soir enténébrant les têtes difformes des saules.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.