entrevseureTell them apart

Quick tell: entre is a verb, eure is a determiner, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“entre” is a verb and “eure” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,711
“entre” frequency rank
#878
“eure” frequency rank
39589
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entre eure
Definition 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs entern Nominativ Singular Femininum bei attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer

Where the eye mixes entre and eure

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
entre
4 ch
eure

Look-alike desk: entre vs eure

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: entre is [ˈɛntʁə] while eure is [ˈɔɪ̯ʁə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entre is recorded at frequency rank #38,711, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈɛntʁə]. eure is at rank #878, tagged as adet, pronounced [ˈɔɪ̯ʁə].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 39589, this pair ranks #1,532,556 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of entre vs eure

Shared letters: er. Private to "entre": nt. Private to "eure": u.

"entre" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV  ·  "eure" · 4 letters · shape VVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • entreenntre · enter · entrre · enttre · etnre · netre
  • eureerue · eurre · uere

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "entre" and "eure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "entre" is a verb and "eure" a determiner, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "entre" or "eure"?
"eure" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #878 in our German list, against #38,711 for "entre". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "entre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "eure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,532,556 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entre" and "eure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entre vs euere". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,532,556 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list