Which to use
“endured” and “entered” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,336
- “endured” frequency rank
- #1,936
- “entered” frequency rank
- 15272
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | endured | entered |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of endure | simple past and past participle of enter |
Where the eye mixes endured and entered
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. endured and entered follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: endured vs entered
A purely visual mix-up. endured (/ɪnˈdʊɹd/) and entered (/ˈɛntə(ɹ)d/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15272, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
endured is recorded at frequency rank #13,336, classified as averb, pronounced /ɪnˈdʊɹd/. entered is at rank #1,936, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈɛntə(ɹ)d/.
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 15272, this pair ranks #465,017 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of endured vs entered
Shared letters: denr. Private to "endured": u. Private to "entered": t.
"endured" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "entered" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "endured" for "entered" ever safe?
Frequency check: "endured" vs "entered" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "endured" and "entered" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "endured" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entered" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #465,017 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "endured" and "entered" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "endeared vs endured". 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 #465,017 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.