entrebâille
\ɑ̃t.ʁə.baj\
The verdict
“entrebâille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intervalle produit par ce qui est entrebâillé. Déverbal de entrebâiller.
Corpus desk
Index FR-entrebaille · entrebâille · French
entrebâille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entrebâille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃t.ʁə.baj\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
entrebâille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃t.ʁə.baj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Intervalle produit par ce qui est entrebâillé. Déverbal de entrebâiller.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for entrebâille, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is entrebâille, spelled E-N-T-R-E-B-Â-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Intervalle produit par ce qui est entrebâillé. Déverbal de entrebâiller.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how entrebâille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il pensa à cette jeune femme qui se desséchait dans l’entrebâille d’une porte, à une dizaine de mètres au-dessous de lui.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.