Which to use
“encadrées” and “encadrer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,343
- “encadrées” frequency rank
- #13,372
- “encadrer” frequency rank
- 42715
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encadrées | encadrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de encadrer. | Mettre dans un cadre. |
Same sound, different letters: encadrées vs encadrer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. encadrées runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against encadrer's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - encadrées and encadrer
This is the hard kind. encadrées and encadrer 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42715, 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\. 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 42715, this pair ranks #223,510 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of encadrées vs encadrer
Shared letters: acdenr. Private to "encadrées": sé. Private to "encadrer": -.
"encadrées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "encadrer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- encadrer ← ecnadrer · enacdrer · encaddrer · encaderr · encadrerr · encadrre · encadrrer · encarder
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "encadrées" and "encadrer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "encadrées" or "encadrer"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "encadrées" 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 #223,510 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encadrées" and "encadrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encadrées vs encadrent". 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 #223,510 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.