Which to use
“enduit” and “enduits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,001
- “enduit” frequency rank
- #38,782
- “enduits” frequency rank
- 59783
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enduit | enduits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Couche de chaux, de plâtre, de ciment, ou de quelque autre matière semblable, que l’on applique sur les murailles. | Pluriel de enduit. |
Same sound, different letters: enduit vs enduits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - enduit and enduits
This is the hard kind. enduit and enduits are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.dɥi\) and both work as anoun. 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 extra letter(s) - “enduit” sits inside “enduits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59783, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enduit is recorded at frequency rank #21,001, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.dɥi\. enduits is at rank #38,782, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.dɥi\.
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 59783, this pair ranks #101,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enduit vs enduits
Shared letters: deintu. Private to "enduit": -. Private to "enduits": s.
"enduit" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "enduits" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enduit" for "enduits" ever safe?
Which is more common, "enduit" or "enduits"?
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 "enduit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enduits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enduit" and "enduits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "édits vs enduits". 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 #101,201 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.