Which to use
“encadre” and “encadrer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,989
- “encadre” frequency rank
- #13,372
- “encadrer” frequency rank
- 39361
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encadre | encadrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de encadrer. | Mettre dans un cadre. |
Where the eye mixes encadre and encadrer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. encadre runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against encadrer's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses encadre with encadrer
A purely visual mix-up. encadre (\ɑ̃.kadʁ\) and encadrer (\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 extra letter(s) - “encadre” sits inside “encadrer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39361, 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\. encadrer is at rank #13,372, 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 39361, this pair ranks #248,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of encadre vs encadrer
Shared letters: acdenr. Private to "encadre": -. Private to "encadrer": -.
"encadre" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "encadrer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "encadre" and "encadrer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "encadre" or "encadrer" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "encadre" and "encadrer" 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 "encadrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #248,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encadre" and "encadrer" 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 #248,568 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.