Which to use
“entame” and “entrave” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,479
- “entame” frequency rank
- #15,140
- “entrave” frequency rank
- 24619
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entame | entrave |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première tranche d’un aliment qu’on a découpé. | Lien qu’on met aux jambes d’un animal, ou traverse suspendue par une corde à son cou, pour en gêner la marche. |
Where the eye mixes entame and entrave
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. entame runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against entrave's 7 (VCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: entame vs entrave
A purely visual mix-up. entame (\ɑ̃.tam\) and entrave (\ɑ̃.tʁav\) 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 24619, 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\. entrave is at rank #15,140, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁav\.
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 24619, this pair ranks #345,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of entame vs entrave
Shared letters: aent. Private to "entame": m. Private to "entrave": rv.
"entame" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "entrave" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "entame" and "entrave" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "entame" or "entrave" 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 "entame" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entrave" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entame" and "entrave" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entrave vs entravée". 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 #345,575 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.