endettervsendettésConfusable pair

Quick tell: endetter is a verb, endettés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“endetter” is a verb and “endettés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,768
“endetter” frequency rank
#38,274
“endettés” frequency rank
80042
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature endetter endettés
Definition Charger de dettes, engager dans des dettes. Masculin pluriel de endetté.

Same sound, different letters: endetter vs endettés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. endetter and endettés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
endetter
8 ch
endettés

Homophone desk: endetter vs endettés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: endetter and endettés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.de.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

endetter is recorded at frequency rank #41,768, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.de.te\. endettés is at rank #38,274, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.de.te\.

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 80042, this pair ranks #21,867 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of endetter vs endettés

Shared letters: dent. Private to "endetter": r. Private to "endettés": sé.

"endetter" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "endettés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • endetter ← ednetter · enddetter · endeter · endetetr · endetterr · endettre · endteter · enedtter

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "endetter" and "endettés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "endetter" is a verb and "endettés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "endetter" or "endettés"?
"endettés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,274 in our French list, against #41,768 for "endetter". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "endetter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "endettés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,867 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "endetter" and "endettés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "endettée vs endetter". 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 #21,867 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