entracte

/\ɑ̃.tʁakt\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,021

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

entracte is aFrenchnoun. It means: Intervalle qui, dans la représentation d’une pièce de théâtre, sépare un acte d’un autre. Pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁakt\. Often confused with entrant and entrave.

Key facts for entracte
PropertyValue
Headwordentracte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.tʁakt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,021
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for entracte is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.tʁakt\. Corpus data places it at rank #35,021 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for entracte, with forms such as "enntracte", "enrtacte", and "entarcte". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "entrant", "entrave", "entrait", 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 entracte, spelled E-N-T-R-A-C-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Intervalle qui, dans la représentation d’une pièce de théâtre, sépare un acte d’un autre.
  2. 2
    Intervalle qui sépare les diverses parties d’un concert, d’un spectacle quelconque.
  3. 3
    Petit spectacle qui ne fait pas partie de la pièce principale et qui se donne entre les actes.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enntracte,enrtacte,entarcte,entraccte,entracet,entractte,entratce,entrcate,entrracte,enttracte,etnracte,netracte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for entracte

Misspelling Variants of "entracte"

enntracte9enrtacte8entarcte8entraccte9entracet8entractte9entratce8entrcate8
Misspelling Variants of "entracte"

Frequency rank: #35,021 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entracte"?
"entracte" is spelled E-N-T-R-A-C-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tʁakt\.
What does "entracte" mean?
As a noun, "entracte" means: Intervalle qui, dans la représentation d’une pièce de théâtre, sépare un acte d’un autre.
What words are commonly confused with "entracte"?
"entracte" is commonly confused with "entrant", "entrave", "entrait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entracte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entracte" is \ɑ̃.tʁakt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entracte" come from?
"entracte" 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.