Which to use
“entamée” and “entamées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,538
- “entamée” frequency rank
- #44,448
- “entamées” frequency rank
- 67986
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entamée | entamées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de entamer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de entamer. |
Same sound, different letters: entamée vs entamées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. entamée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against entamées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - entamée / entamées
This is the hard kind. entamée and entamées are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.ta.me\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “entamée” sits inside “entamées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67986, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entamée is recorded at frequency rank #23,538, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ta.me\. entamées is at rank #44,448, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ta.me\.
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 67986, this pair ranks #61,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of entamée vs entamées
Shared letters: aemnté. Private to "entamée": -. Private to "entamées": s.
"entamée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "entamées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "entamée" and "entamées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "entamée" or "entamées"?
Useful next steps
"entamée" and "entamées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "entamée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entamées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entamée" and "entamées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entamées vs étalées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #61,092 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.