entreprises

\ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁiz\

/\ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁiz\/ noun

The verdict

“entreprises” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #646. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#646
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de entreprise.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entreprises · entreprises · French

entreprises · rank #646 · 16 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #646
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH changer

Nearest frequency peer: changer (-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 « entreprises »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « entreprises » 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).

entreprises vs entrepris
82% similar
entreprises vs entreprise
91% similar
entreprises vs entreposés
73% similar

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

Key facts for entreprises
PropertyValue
Headwordentreprises
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁiz\
Letters11
Frequency rank#646
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « entreprises »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « changer » (#645), « grandes » (#647), « cadre » (#644). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « entreprises » est au #646. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around entreprises (IPA \ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁiz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #646 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de entreprise.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for entreprises, with forms such as "enntreprises", "enrteprises", and "enterprises". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "entrepris", "entreprise", "entreposés", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is entreprises, spelled E-N-T-R-E-P-R-I-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de entreprise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Professionnels et chercheurs en management sont d’accord pour reconnaître l’importance de l’innovation comme facteur de compétitivité des entreprises.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enntreprises
  • enrteprises
  • enterprises
  • entrepirses
  • entrepprises
  • entrepriess
  • entreprisess
  • entreprisses
  • entreprrises
  • entreprsies
  • entrerpises
  • entrperises
  • entrreprises
  • enttreprises
  • etnreprises
  • netreprises

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

enntreprises1enrteprises2enterprises2entrepirses2entrepprises1entrepriess2entreprisess1entreprisses1
Edit distance from "entreprises"

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 "entreprises"?
"entreprises" is spelled E-N-T-R-E-P-R-I-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁiz\.
What does "entreprises" mean?
As a noun, "entreprises" means: Pluriel de entreprise.
What words are commonly confused with "entreprises"?
"entreprises" is commonly confused with "entrepris", "entreprise", "entreposés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entreprises"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entreprises" 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 "entreprises" come from?
"entreprises" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list