entretoise

\ɑ̃.tʁə.twaz\

/\ɑ̃.tʁə.twaz\/ noun

The verdict

“entretoise” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce rigide qui se met entre d’autres pour les soutenir ou les lier ensemble avec un écartement figé, ou pour les maintenir à un écartement fixe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entretoise · entretoise · French

entretoise · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for entretoise
PropertyValue
Headwordentretoise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.tʁə.twaz\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « entretoise » en français

entretoisen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

entretoise is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.tʁə.twaz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pièce rigide qui se met entre d’autres pour les soutenir ou les lier ensemble avec un écartement figé, ou pour les maintenir à un écartement fixe.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for entretoise, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is entretoise, spelled E-N-T-R-E-T-O-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce rigide qui se met entre d’autres pour les soutenir ou les lier ensemble avec un écartement figé, ou pour les maintenir à un écartement fixe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les pieds des tréteaux sont liés entre eux par des entretoises.
  2. Au bout d’un autre couloir surmonté de hauts plafonds à entretoises...

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entretoise"?
"entretoise" is spelled E-N-T-R-E-T-O-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tʁə.twaz\.
What does "entretoise" mean?
As a noun, "entretoise" means: Pièce rigide qui se met entre d’autres pour les soutenir ou les lier ensemble avec un écartement figé, ou pour les maintenir à un écartement fixe.
How do you pronounce "entretoise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entretoise" is \ɑ̃.tʁə.twaz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entretoise" come from?
"entretoise" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list