entremise

\ɑ̃.tʁə.miz\

/\ɑ̃.tʁə.miz\/ noun

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The verdict

“entremise” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,477. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,477
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de s’entremettre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entremise · entremise · French

entremise · rank #18,477 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,477
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH exagérer

Nearest frequency peer: exagérer (+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 « entremise »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « entremise » 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).

entremise vs extrémité
56% similar
entremise vs entreprise
80% similar
entremise vs extrémiste
70% similar

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

Key facts for entremise
PropertyValue
Headwordentremise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.tʁə.miz\
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,477
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « entremise »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).entremisese 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 « exagérer » (#18,478), « entende » (#18,475), « enfermée » (#18,474). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « entremise » est au #18,477. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around entremise (IPA \ɑ̃.tʁə.miz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,477 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for entremise, with forms such as "enntremise", "enrtemise", and "entermise". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "extrémité", "entreprise", "extrémiste", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is entremise, spelled E-N-T-R-E-M-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de s’entremettre.
  2. 2
    Pièce de bois que l'on rajoute contre deux autres pour les raffermir.
  3. 3
    Arc-boutant encastrés dans les baux et les barrots pour qu'ils restent parallèles.
  4. 4
    Pièce de bois sur lesquelles reposent les surbaux des écoutilles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Duc. – Oui, certes, c’est mon entremetteur ; mais croyez que son entremise, si elle nuit à quelqu’un, ne me nuira pas.
  2. Cette mécanique que Buridan enseignait rue du Fouarre, aux environs de 1350, pénétra dans l'Italie de la Renaissance, par l'entremise de Jules César Scaliger, qui en fut le porte-parole.

This word in other languages

interposition(English)alcahuetería(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enntremise
  • enrtemise
  • entermise
  • entreimse
  • entremies
  • entremisse
  • entremmise
  • entremsie
  • entrmeise
  • entrremise
  • enttremise
  • etnremise
  • netremise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

enntremise1enrtemise2entermise2entreimse2entremies2entremisse1entremmise1entremsie2
Edit distance from "entremise"

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 "entremise"?
"entremise" is spelled E-N-T-R-E-M-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tʁə.miz\.
What does "entremise" mean?
As a noun, "entremise" means: Action de s’entremettre.
What words are commonly confused with "entremise"?
"entremise" is commonly confused with "extrémité", "entreprise", "extrémiste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entremise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entremise" is \ɑ̃.tʁə.miz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entremise" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

cyclable13 variantscommandeur13 variantschangeait13 variantscausalité13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list