Which to use
“enterrée” and “enterrées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,418
- “enterrée” frequency rank
- #36,828
- “enterrées” frequency rank
- 54246
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enterrée | enterrées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de enterré. | Féminin pluriel de enterré. |
Same sound, different letters: enterrée vs enterrées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. enterrée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against enterrées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - enterrée and enterrées
This is the hard kind. enterrée and enterrées are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.te.ʁe\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “enterrée” sits inside “enterrées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54246, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enterrée is recorded at frequency rank #17,418, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.te.ʁe\. enterrées is at rank #36,828, 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 54246, this pair ranks #135,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enterrée vs enterrées
Shared letters: enrté. Private to "enterrée": -. Private to "enterrées": s.
"enterrée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "enterrées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enterrée" and "enterrées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "enterrée" or "enterrées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "enterrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enterrées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enterrée" and "enterrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfermées vs enterrées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #135,287 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.