Which to use
“entourée” and “entourées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,237
- “entourée” frequency rank
- #28,939
- “entourées” frequency rank
- 37176
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entourée | entourées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de entouré. | Féminin pluriel de entouré. |
Same sound, different letters: entourée vs entourées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. entourée runs 8 letters (VCCVVCVV) against entourées's 9 (VCCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - entourée and entourées
This is the hard kind. entourée and entourées are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.tu.ʁe\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “entourée” sits inside “entourées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37176, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entourée is recorded at frequency rank #8,237, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.tu.ʁe\. entourées is at rank #28,939, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.tu.ʁe\.
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 37176, this pair ranks #264,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of entourée vs entourées
Shared letters: enortué. Private to "entourée": -. Private to "entourées": s.
"entourée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVV · "entourées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "entourée" for "entourées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "entourée" vs "entourées" - which ranks higher?
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 "entourée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entourées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #264,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entourée" and "entourées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entorses vs entourées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #264,335 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.