Which to use
“entorse” and “entorses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,002
- “entorse” frequency rank
- #49,065
- “entorses” frequency rank
- 70067
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entorse | entorses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Distension violente et douloureuse des ligaments, et en général des parties molles qui entourent une articulation. | Pluriel de entorse. |
Same sound, different letters: entorse vs entorses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. entorse runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against entorses's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - entorse / entorses
This is the hard kind. entorse and entorses are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.tɔʁs\) 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) - “entorse” sits inside “entorses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70067, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entorse is recorded at frequency rank #21,002, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tɔʁs\. entorses is at rank #49,065, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tɔʁs\.
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 70067, this pair ranks #52,779 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of entorse vs entorses
Shared letters: enorst. Private to "entorse": -. Private to "entorses": -.
"entorse" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "entorses" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "entorse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entorses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,779 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entorse" and "entorses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entassés vs entorses". 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 #52,779 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.