entrant

\ɑ̃.tʁɑ̃\

/\ɑ̃.tʁɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“entrant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,542. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,542
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui entre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entrant · entrant · French

entrant · rank #8,542 · 11 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,542
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH enrichir

Nearest frequency peer: enrichir (-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 « entrant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « entrant » 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).

entrant vs étant
57% similar
entrant vs errant
71% similar
entrant vs extrait
71% similar

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

Key facts for entrant
PropertyValue
Headwordentrant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.tʁɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,542
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « entrant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.entrantse 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 « enrichir » (#8,541), « Eugène » (#8,543), « fast » (#8,544). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « entrant » est au #8,542. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around entrant (IPA \ɑ̃.tʁɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,542 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for entrant, with forms such as "enntrant", "enrtant", and "entarnt". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "étant", "errant", "extrait", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is entrant, spelled E-N-T-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui entre.
  2. 2
    Qui entre dans une charge, dans une fonction élective.
  3. 3
    Qui est insinuant, qui se familiarise trop.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le nombre des élèves entrants est inférieur à celui de l’an dernier.
  2. Conseillers entrants, par opposition à Conseillers sortants.

This word in other languages

incoming(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enntrant
  • enrtant
  • entarnt
  • entrannt
  • entrantt
  • entratn
  • entrnat
  • entrrant
  • enttrant
  • etnrant
  • netrant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

enntrant1enrtant2entarnt2entrannt1entrantt1entratn2entrnat2entrrant1
Edit distance from "entrant"

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 "entrant"?
"entrant" is spelled E-N-T-R-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tʁɑ̃\.
What does "entrant" mean?
As an adjective, "entrant" means: Qui entre.
What words are commonly confused with "entrant"?
"entrant" is commonly confused with "étant", "errant", "extrait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entrant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entrant" is \ɑ̃.tʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entrant" come from?
"entrant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

gâteaux#8,551géniale#8,552honteux#8,557cuisson#8,525

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

guerriers11 variantshonnêtes11 variantscercles11 variantsbretons11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list