Which to use
“enter” and “épater” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,780
- “enter” frequency rank
- #38,616
- “épater” frequency rank
- 78396
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enter | épater |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Greffer en insérant un scion. | Priver de l’usage d’une patte. |
Where the eye mixes enter and épater
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. enter runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against épater's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses enter with épater
A purely visual mix-up. enter (\ɑ̃.te\) and épater (\e.pa.te\) 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 78396, 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\. épater is at rank #38,616, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.pa.te\.
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 78396, this pair ranks #25,859 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enter vs épater
Shared letters: ert. Private to "enter": n. Private to "épater": apé.
"enter" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "épater" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enter ← enetr · ennter · entter · etner · neter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enter" for "épater" ever safe?
Which is more common, "enter" or "épater"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "enter" and "épater" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "épater" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,859 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enter" and "épater" 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 #25,859 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.