Which to use
“enterrée” is an adjective and “enterrer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,418
- “enterrée” frequency rank
- #11,962
- “enterrer” frequency rank
- 29380
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enterrée | enterrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de enterré. | Enfouir ; mettre dans la terre. |
Same sound, different letters: enterrée vs enterrer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: enterrée vs enterrer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: enterrée and enterrer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.te.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29380, 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\. 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 29380, this pair ranks #317,046 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enterrée vs enterrer
Shared letters: enrt. Private to "enterrée": é. Private to "enterrer": -.
"enterrée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "enterrer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enterrer ← enetrrer · ennterrer · enterer · entererr · enterrerr · enterrre · entrerer · entterrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "enterrée" and "enterrer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "enterrée" or "enterrer" show up more?
After this comparison
"enterrée" and "enterrer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "enterrée" 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 #317,046 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enterrée" and "enterrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entérine vs enterrée". 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 #317,046 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.