enterra

\ɑ̃.te.ʁa\

/\ɑ̃.te.ʁa\/ verb

The verdict

“enterra” is uncommon French (frequency #92,698 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,698
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de enterrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enterra · enterra · French

enterra · rank #92,698 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,698
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH ensevelisseme…

Nearest frequency peer: ensevelissement (-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 « enterra »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « enterra » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for enterra
PropertyValue
Headwordenterra
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.te.ʁa\
Letters7
Frequency rank#92,698
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « enterra » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).enterratombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « ensevelissement » (#92,697), « envisagera » (#92,699), « endura » (#92,695). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « enterra » est au #92,698. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

enterra is uncommon French at frequency #92,698 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.te.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de enterrer.".

No misspelling variants are generated for enterra in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is enterra, spelled E-N-T-E-R-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de enterrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. De ce point de vue, l’administration respectait les convenances et ce n’est que bien plus tard que, par la force des choses, cette dernière pudeur disparut et qu’on enterra pêle-mêle, les uns sur les autres, hommes et femmes, sans souci de la décence.

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 "enterra"?
"enterra" is spelled E-N-T-E-R-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.te.ʁa\.
What does "enterra" mean?
As a verb, "enterra" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de enterrer.
How do you pronounce "enterra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enterra" is \ɑ̃.te.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enterra" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list