Which to use
“enter” and “entres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,780
- “enter” frequency rank
- #16,123
- “entres” frequency rank
- 55903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enter | entres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Greffer en insérant un scion. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de entrer. |
Where the eye mixes enter and entres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses enter with entres
A purely visual mix-up. enter (\ɑ̃.te\) and entres (\ɑ̃tʁ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enter is recorded at frequency rank #39,780, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.te\. entres is at rank #16,123, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃tʁ\.
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 55903, this pair ranks #124,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enter vs entres
Shared letters: enrt. Private to "enter": -. Private to "entres": s.
"enter" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "entres" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enter" for "entres" ever safe?
Frequency check: "enter" vs "entres" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "enter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #124,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enter" and "entres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enter vs entêté". 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 #124,453 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.