Enthoven
The verdict
“Enthoven” is uncommon French (frequency #72,299 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,299
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enthoven · Enthoven · French
Enthoven · rank #72,299 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,299
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH enrober
Nearest frequency peer: enrober (-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 « Enthoven »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- enfoncez
enfoncez
27,706 corpus weight
- enfoncées
enfoncées
27,705 corpus weight
- enrober
enrober
27,703 corpus weight
- Enthoven
Enthoven
27,702 corpus weight
- entêter
entêter
27,699 corpus weight
- enveloppante
enveloppante
27,698 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Enthoven » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Enthoven |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,299 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Enthoven » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Enthoven is uncommon French at frequency #72,299 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Enthoven, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Enthoven, spelled E-N-T-H-O-V-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Enthoven appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’animateur reçoit Jean-Christophe Rufin pour D’or et de jungle, Raphaël Enthoven pour L’Esprit artificiel, Nathalie Azoulai pour Python, et Raphaël Gaillard pour L’Homme augmenté.
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.
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