entrouvert

\ɑ̃.tʁu.vɛʁ\

/\ɑ̃.tʁu.vɛʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“entrouvert” is uncommon French (frequency #83,843 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,843
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pas tout à fait ouvert ; à peine ouvert.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entrouvert · entrouvert · French

entrouvert · rank #83,843 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,843
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH entrepreneures

Nearest frequency peer: entrepreneures (-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 « entrouvert »

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 « entrouvert » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for entrouvert
PropertyValue
Headwordentrouvert
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.tʁu.vɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#83,843
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « entrouvert » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « entrepreneures » (#83,842), « environne » (#83,844), « entrelacement » (#83,841). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « entrouvert » est au #83,843. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

entrouvert is uncommon French at frequency #83,843 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.tʁu.vɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for entrouvert, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is entrouvert, spelled E-N-T-R-O-U-V-E-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pas tout à fait ouvert ; à peine ouvert.
  2. 2
    Qui a fait un effort et qui s’est écarté les jambes par un mouvement si violent qu’il lui en reste l’incommodité appelée entrouverture, en parlant d’un cheval.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous sortîmes sur la grande cour de la prison et là, dans un coin à gauche, devant la porte entrouverte, on fit quelque chose comme un appel nominal.
  2. Elle les laissa un bon moment seuls dans la salle tandis qu’elle disparaissait par une porte de derrière qu’elle laissa entrouverte.

Synonyms

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); 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 "entrouvert"?
"entrouvert" is spelled E-N-T-R-O-U-V-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tʁu.vɛʁ\.
What does "entrouvert" mean?
As an adjective, "entrouvert" means: Pas tout à fait ouvert ; à peine ouvert.
How do you pronounce "entrouvert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entrouvert" is \ɑ̃.tʁu.vɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entrouvert" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list