étrennes
\e.tʁɛn\
The verdict
“étrennes” is uncommon French (frequency #70,341 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,341
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de étrenne.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | étrennes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.tʁɛn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #70,341 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “étrennes” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
étrennes is uncommon French at frequency #70,341 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.tʁɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de étrenne.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for étrennes, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is étrennes, spelled É-T-R-E-N-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de étrenne.
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.
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Using “étrennes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-T-R-E-N-N-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.tʁɛn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.