éditésvsentitésConfusable pair

Quick tell: édités is a verb, entités is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“édités” is a verb and “entités” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,229
“édités” frequency rank
#8,845
“entités” frequency rank
35074
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature édités entités
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de éditer. Pluriel de entité.

Where the eye mixes édités and entités

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
édités
7 ch
entités

Why the eye confuses édités with entités

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: édités is \e.di.te\ while entités is \ɑ̃.ti.te\. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

édités is recorded at frequency rank #26,229, classified as averb, pronounced \e.di.te\. entités is at rank #8,845, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.ti.te\.

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 35074, this pair ranks #279,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of édités vs entités

Shared letters: isté. Private to "édités": d. Private to "entités": en.

"édités" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "entités" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "édités" and "entités" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "édités" is a verb and "entités" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "édités" or "entités"?
"entités" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,845 in our French list, against #26,229 for "édités". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "édités" and "entités" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "édités" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "entités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #279,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "édités" and "entités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "édités vs edito". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #279,397 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