Which to use
“entends” is a verb and “étendu” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,275
- “entends” frequency rank
- #7,775
- “étendu” frequency rank
- 10050
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entends | étendu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de entendre. | Grand, large, vaste. |
Where the eye mixes entends and étendu
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: entends is \ɑ̃.tɑ̃\ while étendu is \e.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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10050, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entends is recorded at frequency rank #2,275, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.tɑ̃\. étendu is at rank #7,775, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.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 10050, this pair ranks #414,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of entends vs étendu
Shared letters: dent. Private to "entends": s. Private to "étendu": ué.
"entends" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCC · "étendu" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- entends ← enetnds · enntends · entedns · entendds · entendss · entennds · entensd · entneds