Which to use
“encadre” and “encadrée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,989
- “encadre” frequency rank
- #19,005
- “encadrée” frequency rank
- 44994
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encadre | encadrée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de encadrer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de encadrer. |
Where the eye mixes encadre and encadrée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. encadre runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against encadrée's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between encadre and encadrée
A purely visual mix-up. encadre (\ɑ̃.kadʁ\) and encadrée (\ɑ̃.ka.dʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encadre is recorded at frequency rank #25,989, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.kadʁ\. encadrée is at rank #19,005, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ka.dʁe\.
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 44994, this pair ranks #206,220 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of encadre vs encadrée
Shared letters: acdenr. Private to "encadre": -. Private to "encadrée": é.
"encadre" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "encadrée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- encadre ← ecnadre · enacdre · encaddre · encader · encarde · enccadre · encdare · enncadre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "encadre" and "encadrée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "encadre" or "encadrée" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "encadre" and "encadrée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "encadre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "encadrée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #206,220 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encadre" and "encadrée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encadre vs encadrées". 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 #206,220 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.