Which to use
“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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "entendue" for "entendues" ever safe?
Frequency check: "entendue" vs "entendues" - which ranks higher?
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.