Which to use
“engendre” and “engendrées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,761
- “engendre” frequency rank
- #35,497
- “engendrées” frequency rank
- 47258
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | engendre | engendrées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de engendrer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de engendrer. |
Where the eye mixes engendre and engendrées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. engendre runs 8 letters (VCCVCCCV) against engendrées's 10 (VCCVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses engendre with engendrées
A purely visual mix-up. engendre (\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃dʁ\) and engendrées (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47258, 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\. engendrées is at rank #35,497, 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 47258, this pair ranks #188,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of engendre vs engendrées
Shared letters: degnr. Private to "engendre": -. Private to "engendrées": sé.
"engendre" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCCV · "engendrées" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- engendre ← egnendre · enegndre · engednre · engenddre · engender · engendrre · engenndre · engenrde
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "engendre" for "engendrées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "engendre" or "engendrées"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "engendre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "engendrées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #188,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "engendre" and "engendrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "engendrées vs engendrent". 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 #188,329 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.