engendrevsentendrezConfusable pair

Which to use

“engendre” and “entendrez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,761
“engendre” frequency rank
#35,500
“entendrez” frequency rank
47261
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature engendre entendrez
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de engendrer. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de entendre.

Where the eye mixes engendre and entendrez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
engendre
9 ch
entendrez

Look-alike desk: engendre vs entendrez

A purely visual mix-up. engendre (\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃dʁ\) and entendrez (\ɑ̃.tɑ̃.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 47261, 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\. entendrez is at rank #35,500, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.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 47261, this pair ranks #188,310 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of engendre vs entendrez

Shared letters: denr. Private to "engendre": g. Private to "entendrez": tz.

"engendre" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCCV  ·  "entendrez" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • engendreegnendre · enegndre · engednre · engenddre · engender · engendrre · engenndre · engenrde
  • entendrezenetndrez · enntendrez · entednrez · entenddrez · entenderz · entendrezz · entendrrez · entendrze

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "engendre" and "entendrez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃dʁ\ versus \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "engendre" or "entendrez" show up more?
"engendre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,761 in our French list, against #35,500 for "entendrez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "engendre" and "entendrez" 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 "entendrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #188,310 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "engendre" and "entendrez" 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 #188,310 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