enterrement

/\ɑ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,825

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

enterrement is aFrenchnoun. It means: Cérémonies qu’on observe pour porter et mettre un corps en terre. Pronounced \ɑ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃\. It ranks #9,825 in French word frequency. Often confused with entêtement and entièrement.

Key facts for enterrement
PropertyValue
Headwordenterrement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#9,825
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for enterrement is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,825 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for enterrement, with forms such as "enetrrement", "ennterrement", and "enterement". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "entêtement", "entièrement", "enterrements", and more, 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 enterrement, spelled E-N-T-E-R-R-E-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cérémonies qu’on observe pour porter et mettre un corps en terre.
  2. 2
    Convoi funèbre.
  3. 3
    Fin d’un projet, d’une promesse.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enetrrement,ennterrement,enterement,entererment,enterreemnt,enterremennt,enterrementt,enterremetn,enterremment,enterremnet,enterrmeent,entrerement,entterrement,etnerrement,neterrement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for enterrement

Misspelling Variants of "enterrement"

enetrrement11ennterrement12enterement10entererment11enterreemnt11enterremennt12enterrementt12enterremetn11
Misspelling Variants of "enterrement"

Frequency rank: #9,825 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enterrement"?
"enterrement" is spelled E-N-T-E-R-R-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃\.
What does "enterrement" mean?
As a noun, "enterrement" means: Cérémonies qu’on observe pour porter et mettre un corps en terre.
What words are commonly confused with "enterrement"?
"enterrement" is commonly confused with "entêtement", "entièrement", "enterrements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enterrement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enterrement" is \ɑ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enterrement" come from?
"enterrement" 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.