Which to use
“entêté” and “entière” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,635
- “entêté” frequency rank
- #2,574
- “entière” frequency rank
- 52209
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entêté | entière |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est trop attaché à ses opinions, à ses désirs ; à qui l’on ne peut faire entendre raison. | Féminin singulier de entier. |
Where the eye mixes entêté and entière
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. entêté runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against entière's 7 (VCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses entêté with entière
A purely visual mix-up. entêté (\ɑ̃.te.te\) and entière (\ɑ̃.tjɛʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entêté is recorded at frequency rank #49,635, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.te.te\. entière is at rank #2,574, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.tjɛʁ\.
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 52209, this pair ranks #149,321 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of entêté vs entière
Shared letters: ent. Private to "entêté": éê. Private to "entière": irè.
"entêté" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "entière" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "entêté" and "entière" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "entêté" or "entière" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "entêté" and "entière" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "entêté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entière" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #149,321 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entêté" and "entière" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enter vs entêté". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #149,321 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.