Which to use
“enterrement” and “enterrements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,825
- “enterrement” frequency rank
- #35,501
- “enterrements” frequency rank
- 45326
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enterrement | enterrements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cérémonies qu’on observe pour porter et mettre un corps en terre. | Pluriel de enterrement. |
Same sound, different letters: enterrement vs enterrements
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. enterrement runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVCVCC) against enterrements's 12 (VCCVCCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: enterrement vs enterrements
This is the hard kind. enterrement and enterrements are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “enterrement” sits inside “enterrements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45326, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enterrement is recorded at frequency rank #9,825, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃\. enterrements is at rank #35,501, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃\.
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 45326, this pair ranks #203,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enterrement vs enterrements
Shared letters: emnrt. Private to "enterrement": -. Private to "enterrements": s.
"enterrement" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCC · "enterrements" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enterrement ← enetrrement · ennterrement · enterement · entererment · enterreemnt · enterremennt · enterrementt · enterremetn
- enterrements ← enetrrements · ennterrements · enterements · entererments · enterreemnts · enterremennts · enterremenst · enterrementss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enterrement" and "enterrements" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "enterrement" or "enterrements"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "enterrement" / "enterrements". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "enterrement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enterrements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #203,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enterrement" and "enterrements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "énervement vs enterrement". 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 #203,577 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.