Which to use
“enquête” is a noun and “entêté” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,161
- “enquête” frequency rank
- #49,635
- “entêté” frequency rank
- 50796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enquête | entêté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Recherche méthodique d’informations précises. | Qui est trop attaché à ses opinions, à ses désirs ; à qui l’on ne peut faire entendre raison. |
Where the eye mixes enquête and entêté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. enquête runs 7 letters (VCCVVCV) against entêté's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between enquête and entêté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enquête is \ɑ̃.kɛt\ while entêté is \ɑ̃.te.te\. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enquête is recorded at frequency rank #1,161, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.kɛt\. entêté is at rank #49,635, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.te.te\.
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 50796, this pair ranks #159,911 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enquête vs entêté
Shared letters: entê. Private to "enquête": qu. Private to "entêté": é.
"enquête" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV · "entêté" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enquête" and "entêté" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "enquête" or "entêté" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "enquête" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entêté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,911 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enquête" and "entêté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enter vs entêté". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #159,911 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.