endurcivsendureWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: endurci is a adjective, endure is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#45,015
“endurci” frequency rank
#42,317
“endure” frequency rank
87332
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature endurci endure
Definition Rendu dur. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de endurer.

Where the eye mixes endurci and endure

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
endurci
6 ch
endure

Look-alike desk: endurci vs endure

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: endurci is \ɑ̃.dyʁ.si\ while endure is \ɑ̃.dyʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87332, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

endurci is recorded at frequency rank #45,015, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.dyʁ.si\. endure is at rank #42,317, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.dyʁ\.

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 87332, this pair ranks #8,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of endurci vs endure

Shared letters: denru. Private to "endurci": ci. Private to "endure": -.

"endurci" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "endure" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • endurciednurci · enddurci · endruci · enducri · endurcci · enduric · endurrci · enndurci
  • endureednure · enddure · endrue · enduer · enndure · enudre · nedure

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "endurci" and "endure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "endurci" is an adjective and "endure" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "endurci" or "endure" show up more?
"endure" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,317 in our French list, against #45,015 for "endurci". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "endurci" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "endure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "endurci" and "endure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écœuré vs endure". 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 #8,412 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