entreprenait
\ɑ̃t.ʁə.pʁə.nɛ\
The verdict
“entreprenait” is uncommon French (frequency #94,774 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,774
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de entreprendre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-entreprenait · entreprenait · French
entreprenait · rank #94,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,774
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH entrelacent
Nearest frequency peer: entrelacent (-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 « entreprenait »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entonnoirs
entonnoirs
5,230 corpus weight
- entraînerai…
entraîneraient
5,229 corpus weight
- entrelacent
entrelacent
5,228 corpus weight
- entreprenait
entreprenait
5,227 corpus weight
- entérinant
entérinant
5,226 corpus weight
- envoleront
envoleront
5,225 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « entreprenait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entreprenait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃t.ʁə.pʁə.nɛ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #94,774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « entreprenait » en français
Rare enough to double-check
entreprenait is uncommon French at frequency #94,774 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃t.ʁə.pʁə.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de entreprendre.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for entreprenait, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is entreprenait, spelled E-N-T-R-E-P-R-E-N-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de entreprendre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entreprenait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand Ossip Mandelstam, déjà vieillissant, revint dans son « Moscou bouddhique » (terme qu’il a fréquemment employé), le jeune Bidia Dandarone entreprenait seulement ses préparatifs au voyage vers un Léningrad non encore « débouddhisé ».
Mais, en même temps, Tarrou entreprenait la description assez minutieuse d’une journée dans la ville empestée et donnait ainsi une idée juste des occupations et de la vie de nos concitoyens pendant cet été...
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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