entrain

\ɑ̃.tʁɛ̃\

/\ɑ̃.tʁɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“entrain” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,238
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ardeur à faire quelque chose, gaieté naturelle et communicative ; bonne humeur ; vivacité, fougue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entrain · entrain · French

entrain · rank #8,238 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,238
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH entourée

Nearest frequency peer: entourée (-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 « entrain »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « entrain » 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).

entrain vs étain
57% similar
entrain vs extrait
71% similar
entrain vs entrant
71% similar

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

Key facts for entrain
PropertyValue
Headwordentrain
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.tʁɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,238
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « entrain »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).entrainse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « entourée » (#8,237), « envergure » (#8,239), « enseignements » (#8,236). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « entrain » est au #8,238. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around entrain (IPA \ɑ̃.tʁɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,238 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ardeur à faire quelque chose, gaieté naturelle et communicative ; bonne humeur ; vivacité, fougue.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for entrain, with forms such as "enntrain", "enrtain", and "entarin". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "étain", "extrait", "entrant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is entrain, spelled E-N-T-R-A-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ardeur à faire quelque chose, gaieté naturelle et communicative ; bonne humeur ; vivacité, fougue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le soir, les délices et la joie du souper avec les uccelletti, la polenta et l'entrain général, semblent reculer les bornes de l'existence du côté des plaisirs si vifs de la bête.
  2. Mais, vont dire nos modernes Fabius, nos pourris diplomatiques, il fallait avant tout gagner du temps, faire tomber l'entrain populaire, et, « laisser cuire la révolution dans son jus ».

This word in other languages

spirit(English)brío(Español)Schwung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enntrain
  • enrtain
  • entarin
  • entrainn
  • entrani
  • entrian
  • entrrain
  • enttrain
  • etnrain
  • netrain

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

enntrain1enrtain2entarin2entrainn1entrani2entrian2entrrain1enttrain1
Edit distance from "entrain"

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 "entrain"?
"entrain" is spelled E-N-T-R-A-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tʁɛ̃\.
What does "entrain" mean?
As a noun, "entrain" means: Ardeur à faire quelque chose, gaieté naturelle et communicative ; bonne humeur ; vivacité, fougue.
What words are commonly confused with "entrain"?
"entrain" is commonly confused with "étain", "extrait", "entrant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entrain"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entrain" is \ɑ̃.tʁɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entrain" come from?
"entrain" 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 "entrain", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

explose#8,240dixième#8,229directs#8,228dessine#8,227

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

duchesse10 variantsfossiles10 variantsimmunité10 variantsincarne10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list