entravent

\ɑ̃.tʁav\

/\ɑ̃.tʁav\/ verb

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The verdict

“entravent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,273. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,273
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de entraver.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entravent · entravent · French

entravent · rank #41,273 · 14 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,273
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH entrèrent

Nearest frequency peer: entrèrent (+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 « entravent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « entravent » 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).

entravent vs entrent
78% similar
entravent vs entraver
78% similar
entravent vs entraves
78% similar

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

Key facts for entravent
PropertyValue
Headwordentravent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.tʁav\
Letters9
Frequency rank#41,273
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « entravent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).entraventse 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 « entrèrent » (#41,274), « englober » (#41,271), « enferment » (#41,269). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « entravent » est au #41,273. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around entravent (IPA \ɑ̃.tʁav\), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,273 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for entravent, with forms such as "enntravent", "enrtavent", and "entarvent". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "entrent", "entraver", "entraves", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is entravent, spelled E-N-T-R-A-V-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de entraver.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de entraver.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les juristes et autres acteurs désenfouillant les facteurs qui entravent l’accès à la justice lors de l’atelier à Bocaranga.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enntravent
  • enrtavent
  • entarvent
  • entraevnt
  • entravennt
  • entraventt
  • entravetn
  • entravnet
  • entravvent
  • entrravent
  • entrvaent
  • enttravent
  • etnravent
  • netravent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

enntravent1enrtavent2entarvent2entraevnt2entravennt1entraventt1entravetn2entravnet2
Edit distance from "entravent"

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 "entravent"?
"entravent" is spelled E-N-T-R-A-V-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tʁav\.
What does "entravent" mean?
As a verb, "entravent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de entraver.
What words are commonly confused with "entravent"?
"entravent" is commonly confused with "entrent", "entraver", "entraves". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entravent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entravent" is \ɑ̃.tʁav\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entravent" come from?
"entravent" 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 "entravent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

entrèrent#41,274enferment#41,269exacerbée#41,282forgerons#41,293

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

elliptiques14 variantsdémineurs14 variantsinsurgent14 variantsconsister14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list