entretenez

\ɑ̃.tʁə.tə.ne\

/\ɑ̃.tʁə.tə.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“entretenez” is uncommon French (frequency #63,727 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,727
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de entretenir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entretenez · entretenez · French

entretenez · rank #63,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,727
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH entraident

Nearest frequency peer: entraident (-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 « entretenez »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « entretenez » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for entretenez
PropertyValue
Headwordentretenez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.tʁə.tə.ne\
Letters10
Frequency rank#63,727
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « entretenez » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).entreteneztombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « entraident » (#63,726), « ergot » (#63,728), « enthousiasmer » (#63,725). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « entretenez » est au #63,727. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

entretenez is uncommon French at frequency #63,727 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.tʁə.tə.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

entretenez doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is entretenez, spelled E-N-T-R-E-T-E-N-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de entretenir.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de entretenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vous entretenez des relations délicates avec vos proches.

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 "entretenez"?
"entretenez" is spelled E-N-T-R-E-T-E-N-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tʁə.tə.ne\.
What does "entretenez" mean?
As a verb, "entretenez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de entretenir.
How do you pronounce "entretenez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entretenez" is \ɑ̃.tʁə.tə.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entretenez" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

entraident#63,726entendrais#63,724délitement#63,697défaitisme#63,694

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list