Which to use
“entendra” and “étendre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,438
- “entendra” frequency rank
- #5,515
- “étendre” frequency rank
- 25953
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entendra | étendre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de entendre. | Faire qu’une chose acquière plus de surface ou plus de volume, soit en la rendant plus mince, soit en la tirant ou en la dilatant. |
Where the eye mixes entendra and étendre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. entendra runs 8 letters (VCCVCCCV) against étendre's 7 (VCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: entendra vs étendre
A purely visual mix-up. entendra (\ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁa\) and étendre (\e.tɑ̃dʁ\) 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 25953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entendra is recorded at frequency rank #20,438, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁa\. étendre is at rank #5,515, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.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 25953, this pair ranks #337,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of entendra vs étendre
Shared letters: denrt. Private to "entendra": a. Private to "étendre": é.
"entendra" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCCV · "étendre" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- entendra ← enetndra · enntendra · entednra · entendar · entenddra · entendrra · entenndra · entenrda
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "entendra" and "étendre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "entendra" or "étendre" 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 "entendra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "étendre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #337,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entendra" and "étendre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entendra vs éteindra". 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 #337,926 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.