entgleiten
\ɛntˈɡlaɪ̯tn̩\
The verdict
“entgleiten” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Échapper, glisser de la main.
Corpus desk
Index FR-entgleiten · entgleiten · French
entgleiten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | entgleiten |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛntˈɡlaɪ̯tn̩\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
entgleiten is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛntˈɡlaɪ̯tn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for entgleiten, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is entgleiten, spelled E-N-T-G-L-E-I-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Échapper, glisser de la main.
- 2Échapper, être dit accidentellement.
- 3Perdre le contrôle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how entgleiten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
(...) ich hatte Angst, ich dachte, dass … Ich liebe dich so sehr. Und er weicht zurück, erschrocken über diesen Satz, der ihm entglitten ist, stottert nochmals Verzeih und geht fort.
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.