entra

\ɑ̃.tʁa\

/\ɑ̃.tʁa\/ verb

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The verdict

“entra” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,166. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,166
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de entrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entra · entra · French

entra · rank #13,166 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,166
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH ennemie

Nearest frequency peer: ennemie (-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 « entra »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « entra » 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).

entra vs era
60% similar
entra vs etre
60% similar
entra vs Ezra
40% similar

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

Key facts for entra
PropertyValue
Headwordentra
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.tʁa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,166
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « entra »

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ennemie » (#13,165), « espions » (#13,167), « endettement » (#13,164). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « entra » est au #13,166. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around entra (IPA \ɑ̃.tʁa\), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,166 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de entrer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for entra, with forms such as "enntra", "enrta", and "entar". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "era", "etre", "Ezra", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is entra, spelled E-N-T-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de entrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dès qu’il fut descendu de voiture, celui-ci, contrairement à toutes ses habitudes, ne monta pas directement à sa chambre, il entra dans le salon et s’y promena, le visage à l’orage, très agité, très nerveux, s’impatientant de ce qu'on ne servît pas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enntra
  • enrta
  • entar
  • entrra
  • enttra
  • etnra
  • netra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entra - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

enntra1enrta2entar2entrra1enttra1etnra2netra2
Edit distance from "entra"

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 "entra"?
"entra" is spelled E-N-T-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tʁa\.
What does "entra" mean?
As a verb, "entra" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de entrer.
What words are commonly confused with "entra"?
"entra" is commonly confused with "era", "etre", "Ezra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entra" is \ɑ̃.tʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entra" come from?
"entra" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fours#13,175Dubaï#13,156dream#13,155halle#13,183

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

ennemie7 variantshameau7 variantscookie7 variantsConrad7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list