Which to use
“encre” and “entrée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,055
- “encre” frequency rank
- #752
- “entrée” frequency rank
- 7807
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encre | entrée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Liquide ordinairement noir dont on se sert pour écrire, pour imprimer. | Endroit par où l’on entre dans un lieu. |
Where the eye mixes encre and entrée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. encre runs 5 letters (VCCCV) against entrée's 6 (VCCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: encre vs entrée
A purely visual mix-up. encre (\ɑ̃kʁ\) and entrée (\ɑ̃.tʁe\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7807, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encre is recorded at frequency rank #7,055, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃kʁ\. entrée is at rank #752, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁe\.
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 7807, this pair ranks #422,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of encre vs entrée
Shared letters: enr. Private to "encre": c. Private to "entrée": té.
"encre" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV · "entrée" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- encre ← ecnre · enccre · encer · encrre · enncre · enrce · necre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "encre" for "entrée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "encre" or "entrée" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "encre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entrée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #422,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encre" and "entrée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encre vs Enora". 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 #422,058 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.