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“entendue” and “entendues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,000
“entendue” frequency rank
#19,278
“entendues” frequency rank
28278
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entendue entendues
Definition Femme qui se croit capable, qui est suffisante, qui joue l’importante. Pluriel de entendue.

Same sound, different letters: entendue vs entendues

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. entendue runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against entendues's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
entendue
9 ch
entendues

Same sound, different spelling - entendue / entendues

This is the hard kind. entendue and entendues are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “entendue” sits inside “entendues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entendue is recorded at frequency rank #9,000, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy\. entendues is at rank #19,278, 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 28278, this pair ranks #323,817 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of entendue vs entendues

Shared letters: dentu. Private to "entendue": -. Private to "entendues": s.

"entendue" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV  ·  "entendues" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • entendueenetndue · enntendue · entednue · entenddue · entendeu · entenndue · entenude · entnedue
  • entenduesenetndues · enntendues · entednues · entenddues · entendeus · entenduess · entenduse · entenndues

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "entendue" for "entendues" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "entendue" vs "entendues" - which ranks higher?
"entendue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,000 in our French list, against #19,278 for "entendues". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "entendue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "entendues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #323,817 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entendue" and "entendues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entendis vs entendues". 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 #323,817 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