Which to use
“enterré” and “enterrer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,688
- “enterré” frequency rank
- #11,962
- “enterrer” frequency rank
- 19650
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enterré | enterrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de enterrer. | Enfouir ; mettre dans la terre. |
Same sound, different letters: enterré vs enterrer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - enterré / enterrer
This is the hard kind. enterré and enterrer are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.te.ʁe\) and both work as averb. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19650, 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\. enterrer is at rank #11,962, tagged as averb, 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 19650, this pair ranks #372,236 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of enterré vs enterrer
Shared letters: enrt. Private to "enterré": é. Private to "enterrer": -.
"enterré" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "enterrer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enterrer ← enetrrer · ennterrer · enterer · entererr · enterrerr · enterrre · entrerer · entterrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enterré" for "enterrer" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "enterré" or "enterrer" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "enterré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enterrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #372,236 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enterré" and "enterrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enterré 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 #372,236 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.