entiersvsentitésWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: entiers is a adjective, entités is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“entiers” is an adjective and “entités” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,704
“entiers” frequency rank
#8,845
“entités” frequency rank
17549
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entiers entités
Definition Masculin pluriel de entier. Pluriel de entité.

Where the eye mixes entiers and entités

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. entiers (VCCVVCC) and entités (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
entiers
7 ch
entités

Look-alike desk: entiers vs entités

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: entiers is \ɑ̃.tje\ while entités is \ɑ̃.ti.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 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 17549, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entiers is recorded at frequency rank #8,704, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.tje\. entités is at rank #8,845, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.ti.te\.

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 17549, this pair ranks #382,615 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of entiers vs entités

Shared letters: einst. Private to "entiers": r. Private to "entités": é.

"entiers" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC  ·  "entités" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • entiers ← eniters · enntiers · enteirs · entierrs · entierss · entiesr · entires · enttiers

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "entiers" and "entités" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "entiers" is an adjective and "entités" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "entiers" vs "entités" - which ranks higher?
"entiers" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,704 in our French list, against #8,845 for "entités". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "entiers" and "entités" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "entiers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "entités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #382,615 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entiers" and "entités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entêté vs entités". 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 #382,615 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list