Which to use
“engendre” and “engendrée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,761
- “engendre” frequency rank
- #29,345
- “engendrée” frequency rank
- 41106
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | engendre | engendrée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de engendrer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de engendrer. |
Where the eye mixes engendre and engendrée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. engendre runs 8 letters (VCCVCCCV) against engendrée's 9 (VCCVCCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: engendre vs engendrée
A purely visual mix-up. engendre (\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃dʁ\) and engendrée (\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.dʁe\) 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 41106, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
engendre is recorded at frequency rank #11,761, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃dʁ\. engendrée is at rank #29,345, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.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 41106, this pair ranks #235,525 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of engendre vs engendrée
Shared letters: degnr. Private to "engendre": -. Private to "engendrée": é.
"engendre" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCCV · "engendrée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- engendre ← egnendre · enegndre · engednre · engenddre · engender · engendrre · engenndre · engenrde
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "engendre" for "engendrée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "engendre" or "engendrée" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "engendre" and "engendrée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "engendre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "engendrée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,525 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "engendre" and "engendrée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "engendrée vs entendrez". 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 #235,525 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.