entourait

\ɑ̃.tu.ʁɛ\

/\ɑ̃.tu.ʁɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“entourait” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,930. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,930
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de entourer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entourait · entourait · French

entourait · rank #35,930 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,930
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH enfoncent

Nearest frequency peer: enfoncent (-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 « entourait »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

entourait vs entrait
78% similar
entourait vs entourent
78% similar
entourait vs entourant
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for entourait
PropertyValue
Headwordentourait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.tu.ʁɛ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#35,930
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « entourait »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.entouraitse place ici:

#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 « enfoncent » (#35,929), « envelopper » (#35,931), « encourageants » (#35,927). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « entourait » est au #35,930. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around entourait (IPA \ɑ̃.tu.ʁɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,930 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de entourer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for entourait, with forms such as "enntourait", "enoturait", and "entoruait". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "entrait", "entourent", "entourant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 entourait, spelled E-N-T-O-U-R-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de entourer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On n’entendait dans la clairière que le grouillement des bêtes à poil ou à écailles se faufilant dans la forêt tropicale qui les entourait de trois côtés, le murmure de la rivière et le teuf-teuf incessant du moteur Delco à essence qui fournissait le courant lumière et faisait marcher les vieilles machines de l’atelier de réparation.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enntourait
  • enoturait
  • entoruait
  • entouarit
  • entouraitt
  • entourati
  • entouriat
  • entourrait
  • enttourait
  • entuorait
  • etnourait
  • netourait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entourait - 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.

enntourait1enoturait2entoruait2entouarit2entouraitt1entourati2entouriat2entourrait1
Edit distance from "entourait"

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 "entourait"?
"entourait" is spelled E-N-T-O-U-R-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tu.ʁɛ\.
What does "entourait" mean?
As a verb, "entourait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de entourer.
What words are commonly confused with "entourait"?
"entourait" is commonly confused with "entrait", "entourent", "entourant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entourait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entourait" is \ɑ̃.tu.ʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entourait" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

enfoncent#35,929exorciste#35,938filaments#35,943dérailler#35,913

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

détruira12 variantsfilantes12 variantsdécouler12 variantsfoulards12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list