einervsenterTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#48,484
“einer” frequency rank
#39,780
“enter” frequency rank
88264
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature einer enter
Definition Génitif féminin singulier de la déclinaison forte de ein. Greffer en insérant un scion.

Where the eye mixes einer and enter

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

5 ch
einer
5 ch
enter

Visual trap between einer and enter

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: einer is \ˈaɪ̯nɐ\ while enter is \ɑ̃.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

einer is recorded at frequency rank #48,484, classified as anadj, pronounced \ˈaɪ̯nɐ\. enter is at rank #39,780, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.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 88264, this pair ranks #7,223 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of einer vs enter

Shared letters: enr. Private to "einer": i. Private to "enter": t.

"einer" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC  ·  "enter" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • einereienr · einerr · einner · einre · enier · iener
  • enterenetr · ennter · entter · etner · neter

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "einer" for "enter" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "einer" is an adjective and "enter" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "einer" or "enter"?
"enter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,780 in our French list, against #48,484 for "einer". 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 "einer" and "enter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "einer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,223 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "einer" and "enter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "einer vs épier". 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 #7,223 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