Which to use
“entourait” and “entourent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,930
- “entourait” frequency rank
- #10,699
- “entourent” frequency rank
- 46629
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entourait | entourent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de entourer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de entourer. |
Where the eye mixes entourait and entourent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: entourait vs entourent
A purely visual mix-up. entourait (\ɑ̃.tu.ʁɛ\) and entourent (\ɑ̃.tuʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46629, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entourait is recorded at frequency rank #35,930, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.tu.ʁɛ\. entourent is at rank #10,699, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.tuʁ\.
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 46629, this pair ranks #193,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of entourait vs entourent
Shared letters: enortu. Private to "entourait": ai. Private to "entourent": -.
"entourait" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVVC · "entourent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "entourait" and "entourent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "entourait" or "entourent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "entourait" and "entourent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "entourait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entourent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #193,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entourait" and "entourent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entourait vs entrerait". 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 #193,418 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.