Which to use
“encadrées” and “encadrent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,343
- “encadrées” frequency rank
- #29,342
- “encadrent” frequency rank
- 58685
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encadrées | encadrent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de encadrer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de encadrer. |
Where the eye mixes encadrées and encadrent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. encadrées (VCCVCCVVC) and encadrent (VCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: encadrées vs encadrent
A purely visual mix-up. encadrées (\ɑ̃.ka.dʁe\) and encadrent (\ɑ̃.kadʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58685, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encadrées is recorded at frequency rank #29,343, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ka.dʁe\. encadrent is at rank #29,342, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.kadʁ\.
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 58685, this pair ranks #107,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of encadrées vs encadrent
Shared letters: acdenr. Private to "encadrées": sé. Private to "encadrent": t.
"encadrées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "encadrent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- encadrent ← ecnadrent · enacdrent · encaddrent · encadernt · encadrennt · encadrentt · encadretn · encadrnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "encadrées" for "encadrent" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "encadrées" or "encadrent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "encadrées" and "encadrent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "encadrées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "encadrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encadrées" and "encadrent" 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 #107,540 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.