entorse
\ɑ̃.tɔʁs\
The verdict
“entorse” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,002. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,002
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Distension violente et douloureuse des ligaments, et en général des parties molles qui entourent une articulation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-entorse · entorse · French
entorse · rank #21,002 · 10 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,002
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH enduit
Nearest frequency peer: enduit (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « entorse »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- encaissé
encaissé
79,001 corpus weight
- enduit
enduit
79,000 corpus weight
- entorse
entorse
78,999 corpus weight
- envahisseurs
envahisseurs
78,998 corpus weight
- envisagent
envisagent
78,997 corpus weight
- estampes
estampes
78,996 corpus weight
What this shows « entorse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entorse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.tɔʁs\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « entorse »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around entorse (IPA \ɑ̃.tɔʁs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,002 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for entorse, with forms such as "enntorse", "enotrse", and "entores". 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. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "entre", "entrée", "entouré", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is entorse, spelled E-N-T-O-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Distension violente et douloureuse des ligaments, et en général des parties molles qui entourent une articulation.
- 2Exception à une règle ou à une tradition.
- 3Tort subi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entorse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Se donner (vieilli), se faire une entorse au poignet, au genou, à la cheville, au pied.
En mon pays, les entorses sévissent le dimanche et il n’est pas rare qu’on s’enfonce ce jour-là deux ou trois côtes en sortant du cabaret.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enntorse
- enotrse
- entores
- entorrse
- entorsse
- entosre
- entrose
- enttorse
- etnorse
- netorse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entorse - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).