entonnoir

Name: entonnoir, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ɑ̃.tɔ.nwaʁ\

/\ɑ̃.tɔ.nwaʁ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“entonnoir” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,085. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,085
frequency rank, French: 3,255
“E” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entonnoir · entonnoir · French

entonnoir · rank #34,085 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #34,085
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 3,255
PHOTO-FINISH enseignantes

Nearest frequency peer: enseignantes (-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.

enough

65,919
enseignantes

65,917
entonnoir

65,916
entropie

65,915
esclavagiste

65,914
essayerai

65,913

What this shows « entonnoir » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Key facts for entonnoir
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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « entonnoir »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).entonnoirse place ici:

#34,085

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « enseignantes » (#34,084), « entropie » (#34,086), « esclavagiste » (#34,087). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « entonnoir » est au #34,085. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around entonnoir (IPA \ɑ̃.tɔ.nwaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,085 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

1
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.
2
Tout ce qui en rappelle la forme.
3
Sorte de fossette entre la base du pilier antérieur de la voûte du cerveau et la partie antérieure du point de réunion des nerfs optiques.
4
En entonnoir : En allant du plus large au plus étroit, par analogie avec la forme de l’objet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Sur les murs, plusieurs dessins représentaient des petits malades en compagnie du docteur Lebillon, souvent équipé d’un stéthoscope qui ressemblait à un anaconda ou d’un otoscope en forme d’entonnoir géant.
Entonnoir Büchner : équipement de laboratoire utilisé pour la filtration sous vide.

This word in other languages

funnel(English)embudo(Español)Trichter(Deutsch)funil(Português)

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.

Edit distance from "entonnoir"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entonnoir"?

"entonnoir" is spelled E-N-T-O-N-N-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tɔ.nwaʁ\.

What does "entonnoir" mean?

As a noun, "entonnoir" means: 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.

What are common misspellings of "entonnoir"?

Common misspellings include "enntonnoir", "enotnnoir", "entnonoir", "entonnior", "entonnoirr". The correct spelling is "entonnoir".

How do you pronounce "entonnoir"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entonnoir" is \ɑ̃.tɔ.nwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "entonnoir" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "entonnoir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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