entgehen
\ɛntˈɡeːən\
The verdict
“entgehen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Complément au datif Échapper, esquiver, éviter. → voir meiden et vermeiden
Corpus desk
Index FR-entgehen · entgehen · French
entgehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | entgehen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛntˈɡeːən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
entgehen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛntˈɡeːən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for entgehen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is entgehen, spelled E-N-T-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Complément au datif Échapper, esquiver, éviter. → voir meiden et vermeiden
- 2Échapper à l’attention. → voir übersehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entgehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Verbrecher wird der Strafe nicht entgehen. - Le criminel n’échappera pas à la punition.
Sie ist einem Unglück noch einmal entgangen. - Une fois de plus elle a échappé à un accident / à un malheur.
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.