entropie

/\ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pi\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,086

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

entropie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Quantité physique qui mesure le degré de désordre d’un système. Pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pi\.

Key facts for entropie
PropertyValue
Headwordentropie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#34,086
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for entropie is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pi\. Corpus data places it at rank #34,086 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for entropie, with forms such as "enntropie", "enrtopie", and "entorpie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 entropie, spelled E-N-T-R-O-P-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quantité physique qui mesure le degré de désordre d’un système.
  2. 2
    Manque d’information.
  3. 3
    Type de magie laissant au hasard la puissance des sorts lancés.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enntropie,enrtopie,entorpie,entroipe,entropei,entroppie,entrpoie,entrropie,enttropie,etnropie,netropie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for entropie

Misspelling Variants of "entropie"

enntropie9enrtopie8entorpie8entroipe8entropei8entroppie9entrpoie8entrropie9
Misspelling Variants of "entropie"

Frequency rank: #34,086 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entropie"?
"entropie" is spelled E-N-T-R-O-P-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pi\.
What does "entropie" mean?
As a noun, "entropie" means: Quantité physique qui mesure le degré de désordre d’un système.
What are common misspellings of "entropie"?
Common misspellings include "enntropie", "enrtopie", "entorpie", "entroipe", "entropei". The correct spelling is "entropie".
How do you pronounce "entropie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entropie" is \ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entropie" come from?
"entropie" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.