entourer

/\ɑ̃.tu.ʁe\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,353

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

entourer is aFrenchverb. It means: Mettre ou disposer autour ; être ou se tenir autour de. Pronounced \ɑ̃.tu.ʁe\. Often confused with entrer and entuber.

Key facts for entourer
PropertyValue
Headwordentourer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.tu.ʁe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,353
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of entourer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for entourer is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.tu.ʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,353 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for entourer, with forms such as "enntourer", "enoturer", and "entoruer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "entrer", "entuber", "entouré", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is entourer, spelled E-N-T-O-U-R-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre ou disposer autour ; être ou se tenir autour de.
  2. 2
    Environner.
  3. 3
    Former la société, la compagnie habituelle de quelqu’un.
  4. 4
    Réunir autour de soi, admettre dans son intimité, dans sa confiance.
  5. 5
    Se pourvoir, dans sa proximité.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enntourer,enoturer,entoruer,entouerr,entourerr,entourre,entourrer,enttourer,entuorer,etnourer,netourer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for entourer

Misspelling Variants of "entourer"

enntourer9enoturer8entoruer8entouerr8entourerr9entourre8entourrer9enttourer9
Misspelling Variants of "entourer"

Frequency rank: #16,353 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entourer"?
"entourer" is spelled E-N-T-O-U-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tu.ʁe\.
What does "entourer" mean?
As a verb, "entourer" means: Mettre ou disposer autour ; être ou se tenir autour de.
What words are commonly confused with "entourer"?
"entourer" is commonly confused with "entrer", "entuber", "entouré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entourer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entourer" is \ɑ̃.tu.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entourer" come from?
"entourer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.