Which to use
“engendre” and “engendrés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,761
- “engendre” frequency rank
- #28,935
- “engendrés” frequency rank
- 40696
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | engendre | engendrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de engendrer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de engendrer. |
Where the eye mixes engendre and engendrés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. engendre runs 8 letters (VCCVCCCV) against engendrés's 9 (VCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: engendre vs engendrés
A purely visual mix-up. engendre (\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃dʁ\) and engendrés (\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 40696, 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\. engendrés is at rank #28,935, 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 40696, this pair ranks #238,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of engendre vs engendrés
Shared letters: degnr. Private to "engendre": -. Private to "engendrés": sé.
"engendre" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCCV · "engendrés" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- engendre ← egnendre · enegndre · engednre · engenddre · engender · engendrre · engenndre · engenrde
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "engendre" and "engendrés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "engendre" or "engendrés" show up more?
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 "engendrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #238,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "engendre" and "engendrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "engendrés 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 #238,603 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.