entendrezvsentendueTell them apart

Quick tell: entendrez is a verb, entendue is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“entendrez” is a verb and “entendue” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,500
“entendrez” frequency rank
#9,000
“entendue” frequency rank
44500
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entendrez entendue
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de entendre. Femme qui se croit capable, qui est suffisante, qui joue l’importante.

Where the eye mixes entendrez and entendue

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. entendrez runs 9 letters (VCCVCCCVC) against entendue's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
entendrez
8 ch
entendue

Visual trap between entendrez and entendue

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: entendrez is \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁe\ while entendue is \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44500, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entendrez is recorded at frequency rank #35,500, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁe\. entendue is at rank #9,000, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy\.

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 44500, this pair ranks #210,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of entendrez vs entendue

Shared letters: dent. Private to "entendrez": rz. Private to "entendue": u.

"entendrez" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC  ·  "entendue" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • entendrezenetndrez · enntendrez · entednrez · entenddrez · entenderz · entendrezz · entendrrez · entendrze
  • entendueenetndue · enntendue · entednue · entenddue · entendeu · entenndue · entenude · entnedue

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "entendrez" for "entendue" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "entendrez" is a verb and "entendue" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "entendrez" or "entendue" show up more?
"entendue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,000 in our French list, against #35,500 for "entendrez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "entendrez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "entendue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #210,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entendrez" and "entendue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "engendrée vs entendrez". 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 #210,018 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list