Which to use
“entêté” is an adjective and “entrée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,635
- “entêté” frequency rank
- #752
- “entrée” frequency rank
- 50387
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entêté | entrée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est trop attaché à ses opinions, à ses désirs ; à qui l’on ne peut faire entendre raison. | Endroit par où l’on entre dans un lieu. |
Where the eye mixes entêté and entrée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. entêté (VCCVCV) and entrée (VCCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: entêté vs entrée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: entêté is \ɑ̃.te.te\ while entrée is \ɑ̃.tʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50387, 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\. entrée is at rank #752, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁe\.
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 50387, this pair ranks #163,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of entêté vs entrée
Shared letters: enté. Private to "entêté": ê. Private to "entrée": r.
"entêté" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "entrée" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "entêté" and "entrée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "entêté" vs "entrée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "entêté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entrée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entêté" and "entrée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enter vs entêté". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #163,045 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.