entremêlent
\ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl\
The verdict
“entremêlent” is uncommon French (frequency #50,812 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,812
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de entremêler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-entremelent · entremêlent · French
entremêlent · rank #50,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,812
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH ensanglantée
Nearest frequency peer: ensanglantée (-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 « entremêlent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- enfanter
enfanter
49,193 corpus weight
- ennuyeuses
ennuyeuses
49,191 corpus weight
- ensanglantée
ensanglantée
49,190 corpus weight
- entremêlent
entremêlent
49,189 corpus weight
- entretenaie…
entretenaient
49,188 corpus weight
- estomacs
estomacs
49,185 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « entremêlent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entremêlent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #50,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « entremêlent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
entremêlent is uncommon French at frequency #50,812 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for entremêlent, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is entremêlent, spelled E-N-T-R-E-M-Ê-L-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de entremêler.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de entremêler.
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).