entente

\ɑ̃.tɑ̃t\

/\ɑ̃.tɑ̃t\/ noun

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The verdict

“entente” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,754. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,754
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interprétation qu’on donne à un mot, à une phrase équivoque et susceptible de plusieurs sens.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entente · entente · French

entente · rank #5,754 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,754
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH embrasser

Nearest frequency peer: embrasser (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « entente »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « entente » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

entente vs entité
57% similar
entente vs entêté
57% similar
entente vs entrent
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for entente
PropertyValue
Headwordentente
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.tɑ̃t\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,754
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « entente »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ententese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « embrasser » (#5,753), « examiner » (#5,755), « démontre » (#5,752). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « entente » est au #5,754. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around entente (IPA \ɑ̃.tɑ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,754 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for entente, with forms such as "enetnte", "enntente", and "entenet". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "entité", "entêté", "entrent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is entente, spelled E-N-T-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interprétation qu’on donne à un mot, à une phrase équivoque et susceptible de plusieurs sens.
  2. 2
    Intelligence et connaissance approfondie d’une chose.
  3. 3
    Bonne intelligence entre des parties.
  4. 4
    Pacte entre plusieurs parties.
  5. 5
    Accord qui existe entre les vues et les desseins de deux ou plusieurs États sur un certain nombre de questions de politique internationale.
  6. 6
    Pratique anticoncurrentielle par laquelle plusieurs acteurs économiques se mettent d’accord pour tenter de contourner les règles de mise en concurrence ou d’augmenter leur marge.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how entente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mots, phrases à double entente.
  2. Il avait l’entente des bibelots et des chiffons. Du premier coup il voyait, réparait dans les toilettes de la jeune fille les désastres causés par le goût triste et voyant de Mme Montessuy.

This word in other languages

double entendre(English)acorde(Español)Akkord(Deutsch)entendimento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enetnte
  • enntente
  • entenet
  • entennte
  • ententte
  • entetne
  • entnete
  • enttente
  • etnente
  • netente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entente - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

enetnte2enntente1entenet2entennte1ententte1entetne2entnete2enttente1
Edit distance from "entente"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entente"?
"entente" is spelled E-N-T-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tɑ̃t\.
What does "entente" mean?
As a noun, "entente" means: Interprétation qu’on donne à un mot, à une phrase équivoque et susceptible de plusieurs sens.
What words are commonly confused with "entente"?
"entente" is commonly confused with "entité", "entêté", "entrent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entente" is \ɑ̃.tɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entente" come from?
"entente" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "entente", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dégager#5,751filière#5,758conclut#5,740collier#5,737

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Franck10 variantscorriger10 variantshôtels10 variantsinviter10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list