entreprendre

/\ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\/ verb

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,436

in French word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

entreprendre is aFrenchverb. It means: Prendre la résolution de faire quelque chose, une action, un ouvrage, et commencer à le mettre à exécution. Pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\. It ranks #7,436 in French word frequency. Often confused with entreprend.

Key facts for entreprendre
PropertyValue
Headwordentreprendre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#7,436
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of entreprendre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for entreprendre is 12 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,436 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for entreprendre, with forms such as "enntreprendre", "enrteprendre", and "enterprendre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "entreprend", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is entreprendre, spelled E-N-T-R-E-P-R-E-N-D-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prendre la résolution de faire quelque chose, une action, un ouvrage, et commencer à le mettre à exécution.
  2. 2
    S’engager à faire ou à fournir quelque chose à certaines conditions, surtout en parlant d’ouvrages ou de fournitures considérables.
  3. 3
    Se mettre à poursuivre quelqu’un, à le tourmenter, à le persécuter, à le railler.
  4. 4
    Essayer d’agir sur quelqu’un.
  5. 5
    Empiéter, usurper.
  6. 6
    Chercher à séduire.
  7. 7
    Diriger une action contre.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enntreprendre,enrteprendre,enterprendre,entreperndre,entrepprendre,entreprednre,entreprenddre,entreprender,entreprendrre,entreprenndre,entreprenrde,entreprnedre,entreprrendre,entrerpendre,entrperendre,entrreprendre,enttreprendre,etnreprendre,netreprendre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for entreprendre

Misspelling Variants of "entreprendre"

enntreprendre13enrteprendre12enterprendre12entreperndre12entrepprendre13entreprednre12entreprenddre13entreprender12
Misspelling Variants of "entreprendre"

Frequency rank: #7,436 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entreprendre"?
"entreprendre" is spelled E-N-T-R-E-P-R-E-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\.
What does "entreprendre" mean?
As a verb, "entreprendre" means: Prendre la résolution de faire quelque chose, une action, un ouvrage, et commencer à le mettre à exécution.
What words are commonly confused with "entreprendre"?
"entreprendre" is commonly confused with "entreprend". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entreprendre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entreprendre" is \ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entreprendre" come from?
"entreprendre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.