entreprendre

\ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\

/\ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“entreprendre” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,436. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,436
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prendre la résolution de faire quelque chose, une action, un ouvrage, et commencer à le mettre à exécution.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entreprendre · entreprendre · French

entreprendre · rank #7,436 · 19 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,436
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH employeurs

Nearest frequency peer: employeurs (-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 « entreprendre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « entreprendre » 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).

entreprendre vs entreprend
83% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « entreprendre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).entreprendrese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « employeurs » (#7,435), « exceptions » (#7,437), « Elizabeth » (#7,434). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « entreprendre » est au #7,436. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around entreprendre (IPA \ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,436 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for entreprendre, with forms such as "enntreprendre", "enrteprendre", and "enterprendre". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "entreprend", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is entreprendre, spelled E-N-T-R-E-P-R-E-N-D-R-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le projet était hardi, mais le fait de l'entreprendre prouvait que le Danemark entendait conserver son hégémonie sur tout le Groenland.
  2. Les historiens d’aujourd'hui ont entrepris de faire croire que l’authenticité de la philosophie est marquée par un éloignement aussi grand que possible des souillures de l’homme vulgaire.

This word in other languages

undertake(English)comprometerse(Español)unternehmen(Deutsch)empreender(Português)

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

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entreprendre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

enntreprendre1enrteprendre2enterprendre2entreperndre2entrepprendre1entreprednre2entreprenddre1entreprender2
Edit distance from "entreprendre"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

compétitions#7,414opportunités#7,470réalisations#7,370échantillons#7,511

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

significative19 variantsréchauffement19 variantsdernièrement19 variantsphilosophique19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list