Which to use
“encadrée” and “encadrées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,005
- “encadrée” frequency rank
- #29,343
- “encadrées” frequency rank
- 48348
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encadrée | encadrées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de encadrer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de encadrer. |
Same sound, different letters: encadrée vs encadrées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. encadrée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against encadrées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - encadrée / encadrées
This is the hard kind. encadrée and encadrées are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.ka.dʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “encadrée” sits inside “encadrées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48348, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encadrée is recorded at frequency rank #19,005, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ka.dʁe\. encadrées is at rank #29,343, 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 48348, this pair ranks #179,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of encadrée vs encadrées
Shared letters: acdenré. Private to "encadrée": -. Private to "encadrées": s.
"encadrée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "encadrées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "encadrée" and "encadrées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "encadrée" or "encadrées"?
What to do next
"encadrée" and "encadrées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "encadrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "encadrées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #179,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encadrée" and "encadrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encadrées vs encadrent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #179,646 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.