entrelacées

\ɑ̃.tʁə.la.se\

/\ɑ̃.tʁə.la.se\/ adj

The verdict

“entrelacées” is uncommon French (frequency #69,054 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,054
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de entrelacé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entrelacees · entrelacées · French

entrelacées · rank #69,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,054
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH errait

Nearest frequency peer: errait (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « entrelacées »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « entrelacées » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for entrelacées
PropertyValue
Headwordentrelacées
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.tʁə.la.se\
Letters11
Frequency rank#69,054
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « entrelacées » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).entrelacéestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « errait » (#69,055), « escampette » (#69,056), « eschatologique » (#69,057). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « entrelacées » est au #69,054. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

entrelacées is uncommon French at frequency #69,054 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.tʁə.la.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de entrelacé.".

entrelacées has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is entrelacées, spelled E-N-T-R-E-L-A-C-É-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de entrelacé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En se penchant, le magistrat tenta en vain de déchiffrer, sur la garde, deux lettres gothiques entrelacées, mais il détermina assez aisément qu’elles étaient sommées d’un heaume, indice d’une baronnie ou d’un comtat.

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 "entrelacées"?
"entrelacées" is spelled E-N-T-R-E-L-A-C-É-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tʁə.la.se\.
What does "entrelacées" mean?
As an adjective, "entrelacées" means: Féminin pluriel de entrelacé.
How do you pronounce "entrelacées"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entrelacées" is \ɑ̃.tʁə.la.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list