entendrezvsétendreWhat's the difference?

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.

9 ch
entendrez
7 ch
étendre

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

  • entendrezenetndrez · enntendrez · entednrez · entenddrez · entenderz · entendrezz · entendrrez · entendrze

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "entendrez" for "étendre" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁe\ versus \e.tɑ̃dʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "entendrez" vs "étendre" - which ranks higher?
"étendre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,515 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.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list