introït
\ɛ̃.tʁɔ.it\
The verdict
“introït” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prières que le prêtre dit à la messe quand il est monté à l’autel et qui sont chantées par le chœur au commencement des grand-messes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-introit · introït · French
introït · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | introït |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tʁɔ.it\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
introït is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.tʁɔ.it\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for introït, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is introït, spelled I-N-T-R-O-Ï-T.
Definition
- 1Prières que le prêtre dit à la messe quand il est monté à l’autel et qui sont chantées par le chœur au commencement des grand-messes.
- 2Début ; entrée ; commencement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how introït appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au son d'un majestueux Introït, la communauté défile lentement, va prendre place, s'agenouille. On entonne le Veni Creator. La professe fait son entrée et la cérémonie commence.
L’abbé rabaisse son bras et le chœur éructe les premières paroles du traditionnel cantique qui sert d’introït aux tableaux à venir ….
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.