entgegensehen
\ɛntˈɡeːɡn̩ˌzeːən\
The verdict
“entgegensehen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attendre, envisager, faire face à (un évènement futur).
Corpus desk
Index FR-entgegensehen · entgegensehen · French
entgegensehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | entgegensehen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛntˈɡeːɡn̩ˌzeːən\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
entgegensehen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛntˈɡeːɡn̩ˌzeːən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for entgegensehen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is entgegensehen, spelled E-N-T-G-E-G-E-N-S-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Attendre, envisager, faire face à (un évènement futur).
- 2Regarder en direction de quelqu'un arrivant.
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.