écœurévsendureWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: écœuré is a adjective, endure is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“écœuré” is an adjective and “endure” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,544
“écœuré” frequency rank
#42,317
“endure” frequency rank
88861
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature écœuré endure
Definition Qui a perdu le cœur ; à qui le cœur manque ; qui est dégoûté. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de endurer.

Letter map: écœuré vs endure

Shared letters muted; letters that set écœuré and endure apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. écœuré (VCVVCV) and endure (VCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
écœuré
6 ch
endure

Grammar separator: écœuré vs endure

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: écœuré is anadjective and endureaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88861, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

écœuré is recorded at frequency rank #46,544, classified as anadj. endure is at rank #42,317, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.dyʁ\.

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 88861, this pair ranks #6,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of écœuré vs endure

Shared letters: ru. Private to "écœuré": céœ. Private to "endure": den.

"écœuré" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV  ·  "endure" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • endure ← ednure · enddure · endrue · enduer · enndure · enudre · nedure

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "écœuré" and "endure" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "écœuré" is an adjective and "endure" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "écœuré" or "endure" show up more?
"endure" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,317 in our French list, against #46,544 for "écœuré". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "écœuré" and "endure".

  • Full dictionary entry for "écœuré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "endure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "écœuré" and "endure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "endure vs Erdre". 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 #6,445 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list