Which to use
“enragé” is an adjective and “entame” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,800
- “enragé” frequency rank
- #9,479
- “entame” frequency rank
- 37279
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enragé | entame |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est atteint de la rage. | Première tranche d’un aliment qu’on a découpé. |
Where the eye mixes enragé and entame
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. enragé and entame follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses enragé with entame
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enragé is \ɑ̃.ʁa.ʒe\ while entame is \ɑ̃.tam\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enragé is recorded at frequency rank #27,800, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁa.ʒe\. entame is at rank #9,479, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tam\.
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 37279, this pair ranks #263,600 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enragé vs entame
Shared letters: aen. Private to "enragé": gré. Private to "entame": mt.
"enragé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "entame" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- entame ← enatme · enntame · entaem · entamme · entmae · enttame · etname · netame
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enragé" for "entame" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "enragé" or "entame" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "enragé" and "entame" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enragé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entame" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #263,600 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enragé" and "entame" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "engages vs enragé". 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 #263,600 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.