entitévsentitésWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“entité” and “entités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,820
“entité” frequency rank
#8,845
“entités” frequency rank
15665
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entité entités
Definition Chose ou être qui existe par elle-même. Pluriel de entité.

Same sound, different letters: entité vs entités

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. entité runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against entités's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
entité
7 ch
entités

Ear matches; page differs - entité and entités

This is the hard kind. entité and entités are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.ti.te\) 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) - “entité” sits inside “entités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15665, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entité is recorded at frequency rank #6,820, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.ti.te\. 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 15665, this pair ranks #391,371 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of entité vs entités

Shared letters: einté. Private to "entité": -. Private to "entités": s.

"entité" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "entités" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "entité" and "entités" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɑ̃.ti.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "entité" or "entités"?
"entité" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,820 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.

Useful next steps

"entité" and "entités" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "entité" 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 #391,371 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entité" and "entités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entêté vs entités". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #391,371 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