Which to use
“entendez” and “entendre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,865
- “entendez” frequency rank
- #872
- “entendre” frequency rank
- 11737
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entendez | entendre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de entendre. | Percevoir un son. |
Where the eye mixes entendez and entendre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: entendez vs entendre
A purely visual mix-up. entendez (\ɑ̃.tɑ̃.de\) and entendre (\ɑ̃.tɑ̃dʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11737, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entendez is recorded at frequency rank #10,865, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.de\. entendre is at rank #872, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.tɑ̃dʁ\.
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 11737, this pair ranks #408,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of entendez vs entendre
Shared letters: dent. Private to "entendez": z. Private to "entendre": r.
"entendez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "entendre" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "entendez" and "entendre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "entendez" or "entendre"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "entendez" and "entendre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "entendez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entendre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #408,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entendez" and "entendre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entendez 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 #408,014 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.