entonnoir
\ɑ̃.tɔ.nwaʁ\
The verdict
“entonnoir” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #34,085 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #34,085
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrument formé d’un cône renversé, dont la pointe est prolongée par un tube à l’aide duquel on verse un liquide dans un récipient.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entonnoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.tɔ.nwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #34,085 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “entonnoir” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for entonnoir is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.tɔ.nwaʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #34,085 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for entonnoir, with forms such as "enntonnoir", "enotnnoir", and "entnonoir". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists 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 entonnoir, spelled E-N-T-O-N-N-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Instrument formé d’un cône renversé, dont la pointe est prolongée par un tube à l’aide duquel on verse un liquide dans un récipient.
- 2Tout ce qui en rappelle la forme.
- 3Sorte de fossette entre la base du pilier antérieur de la voûte du cerveau et la partie antérieure du point de réunion des nerfs optiques.
- 4En entonnoir : En allant du plus large au plus étroit, par analogie avec la forme de l’objet.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: enntonnoir,enotnnoir,entnonoir,entonnior,entonnoirr,entonnori,entonoir,entononir,enttonnoir,etnonnoir,netonnoir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entonnoir - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “entonnoir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-N-T-O-N-N-O-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.tɔ.nwaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.