Which to use
“entendrez” and “étendre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,500
- “entendrez” frequency rank
- #5,515
- “étendre” frequency rank
- 41015
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entendrez | étendre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel 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 entendrez and étendre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. entendrez runs 9 letters (VCCVCCCVC) against étendre's 7 (VCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between entendrez and étendre
A purely visual mix-up. entendrez (\ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁe\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41015, 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\. 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 41015, this pair ranks #236,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of entendrez vs étendre
Shared letters: denrt. Private to "entendrez": z. Private to "étendre": é.
"entendrez" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC · "étendre" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- entendrez ← enetndrez · enntendrez · entednrez · entenddrez · entenderz · entendrezz · entendrrez · entendrze
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "entendrez" for "étendre" ever safe?
Frequency check: "entendrez" vs "étendre" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "entendrez" and "étendre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "entendrez" 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 #236,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entendrez" and "étendre" 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 #236,201 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.