entôleuse

\ɑ̃.to.løz\

/\ɑ̃.to.løz\/ noun

The verdict

“entôleuse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme qui vole en trompant, qui entôle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entoleuse · entôleuse · French

entôleuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 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.

Key facts for entôleuse
PropertyValue
Headwordentôleuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.to.løz\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « entôleuse » en français

entôleusereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

entôleuse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.to.løz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femme qui vole en trompant, qui entôle.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for entôleuse, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 entôleuse, spelled E-N-T-Ô-L-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme qui vole en trompant, qui entôle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how entôleuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il tourne fou trois quatre semaines et puis il recommence, il se ramasse un autre goriot qu’il s’amourache à la vie la mort, aussi perfide, plus terrible pire que sa dernière entôleuse si il peut la trouver…
  2. Les six louis qui lui restent suffiront bien pour offrir à souper à une jolie femme, fût-elle duchesse ou bacchante. Et si par malheur l’inconnue tourne à l’entôleuse, ce sera d’autant moins de perdu.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entôleuse"?
"entôleuse" is spelled E-N-T-Ô-L-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.to.løz\.
What does "entôleuse" mean?
As a noun, "entôleuse" means: Femme qui vole en trompant, qui entôle.
How do you pronounce "entôleuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entôleuse" is \ɑ̃.to.løz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entôleuse" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list