entonnent
\ɑ̃.tɔn\
The verdict
“entonnent” is uncommon French (frequency #82,000 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,000
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de entonner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-entonnent · entonnent · French
entonnent · rank #82,000 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,000
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH enterrant
Nearest frequency peer: enterrant (-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 « entonnent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
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endeavour
18,005 corpus weight
- engraissent
engraissent
18,004 corpus weight
- enterrant
enterrant
18,002 corpus weight
- entonnent
entonnent
18,001 corpus weight
- entoura
entoura
18,000 corpus weight
- enzymatiques
enzymatiques
17,999 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « entonnent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entonnent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.tɔn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,000 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « entonnent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
entonnent is uncommon French at frequency #82,000 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.tɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for entonnent, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is entonnent, spelled E-N-T-O-N-N-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de entonner.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de entonner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how entonnent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Oxonians se lèvent alors et entonnent l’air traditionnel.
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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