Which to use
“enterré” is a verb and “enterrée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,688
- “enterré” frequency rank
- #17,418
- “enterrée” frequency rank
- 25106
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enterré | enterrée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de enterrer. | Féminin singulier de enterré. |
Same sound, different letters: enterré vs enterrée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. enterré runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against enterrée's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - enterré and enterrée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: enterré and enterrée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.te.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “enterré” sits inside “enterrée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25106, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enterré is recorded at frequency rank #7,688, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.te.ʁe\. enterrée is at rank #17,418, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.te.ʁe\.
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 25106, this pair ranks #342,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of enterré vs enterrée
Shared letters: enrté. Private to "enterré": -. Private to "enterrée": -.
"enterré" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "enterrée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enterré" for "enterrée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "enterré" or "enterrée"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "enterré" / "enterrée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "enterré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enterrée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #342,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enterré" and "enterrée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entérine vs enterrée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #342,776 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.