Which to use
“entame” is a noun and “entêté” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,479
- “entame” frequency rank
- #49,635
- “entêté” frequency rank
- 59114
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entame | entêté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première tranche d’un aliment qu’on a découpé. | Qui est trop attaché à ses opinions, à ses désirs ; à qui l’on ne peut faire entendre raison. |
Where the eye mixes entame and entêté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. entame and entêté follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: entame vs entêté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: entame is \ɑ̃.tam\ while entêté is \ɑ̃.te.te\. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59114, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entame is recorded at frequency rank #9,479, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tam\. 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 59114, this pair ranks #104,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of entame vs entêté
Shared letters: ent. Private to "entame": am. Private to "entêté": éê.
"entame" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "entêté" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- entame ← enatme · enntame · entaem · entamme · entmae · enttame · etname · netame
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "entame" and "entêté" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "entame" or "entêté" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "entame" and "entêté" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "entame" 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 #104,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entame" and "entêté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enter vs entêté". 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 #104,996 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.