Which to use
“entendaient” and “entendait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,051
- “entendaient” frequency rank
- #10,318
- “entendait” frequency rank
- 37369
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entendaient | entendait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de entendre. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de entendre. |
Same sound, different letters: entendaient vs entendait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. entendaient runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVVVCC) against entendait's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - entendaient and entendait
This is the hard kind. entendaient and entendait are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entendaient is recorded at frequency rank #27,051, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ\. entendait is at rank #10,318, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ\.
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 37369, this pair ranks #262,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of entendaient vs entendait
Shared letters: adeint. Private to "entendaient": -. Private to "entendait": -.
"entendaient" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVVVCC · "entendait" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- entendaient ← enetndaient · enntendaient · entednaient · entenadient · entendaeint · entendaiennt · entendaientt · entendaietn
- entendait ← enetndait · enntendait · entednait · entenadit · entendaitt · entendati · entenddait · entendiat
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "entendaient" and "entendait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "entendaient" or "entendait" show up more?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "entendaient" / "entendait". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "entendaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entendait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #262,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entendaient" and "entendait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entendait vs entendis". 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 #262,964 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.