encadréesvsencadrésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: encadrées is a verb, encadrés is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“encadrées” is a verb and “encadrés” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,343
“encadrées” frequency rank
#22,253
“encadrés” frequency rank
51596
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature encadrées encadrés
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de encadrer. Pluriel de encadré.

Same sound, different letters: encadrées vs encadrés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. encadrées runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against encadrés's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
encadrées
8 ch
encadrés

Ear matches; page differs - encadrées and encadrés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: encadrées and encadrés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.ka.dʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51596, 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\. encadrés is at rank #22,253, tagged as anoun, 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 51596, this pair ranks #153,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of encadrées vs encadrés

Shared letters: acdenrsé. Private to "encadrées": -. Private to "encadrés": -.

"encadrées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC  ·  "encadrés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "encadrées" and "encadrés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "encadrées" is a verb and "encadrés" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "encadrées" vs "encadrés" - which ranks higher?
"encadrés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,253 in our French list, against #29,343 for "encadrées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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 "encadrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #153,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "encadrées" and "encadrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encadrées vs encadrent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #153,840 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list