entreprise

/\ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁiz\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#452

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

entreprise is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ce que l’on entreprend, ce que l’on a entrepris, un projet, un dessein. Pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁiz\. It ranks #452 in French word frequency. Often confused with entreprit and entreprises.

Key facts for entreprise
PropertyValue
Headwordentreprise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁiz\
Letters10
Frequency rank#452
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for entreprise is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁiz\. Corpus data places it at rank #452 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for entreprise, with forms such as "enntreprise", "enrteprise", and "entrepirse". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "entreprit", "entreprises", "entrepris", and more, 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 entreprise, spelled E-N-T-R-E-P-R-I-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce que l’on entreprend, ce que l’on a entrepris, un projet, un dessein.
  2. 2
    Opération militaire ; action d'agression.
  3. 3
    Action de faire ou de fournir quelque chose en encourant tous les risques.
  4. 4
    Unité économique autonome qui, en combinant divers facteurs de production, produit pour la vente ou distribue des biens et des services conformément à des objectifs définis par une direction personnelle ou collégiale.
  5. 5
    Action injuste par laquelle on entreprend sur le bien, sur les droits d’autrui.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enntreprise,enrteprise,entrepirse,entrepprise,entrepries,entreprisse,entreprrise,entreprsie,entrerpise,entrperise,entrreprise,enttreprise,etnreprise,netreprise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for entreprise

Misspelling Variants of "entreprise"

enntreprise11enrteprise10entrepirse10entrepprise11entrepries10entreprisse11entreprrise11entreprsie10
Misspelling Variants of "entreprise"

Frequency rank: #452 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entreprise"?
"entreprise" is spelled E-N-T-R-E-P-R-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁiz\.
What does "entreprise" mean?
As a noun, "entreprise" means: Ce que l’on entreprend, ce que l’on a entrepris, un projet, un dessein.
What words are commonly confused with "entreprise"?
"entreprise" is commonly confused with "entreprit", "entreprises", "entrepris". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entreprise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entreprise" is \ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁiz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entreprise" come from?
"entreprise" 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.