Which to use
“entourée” is an adjective and “entourer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,237
- “entourée” frequency rank
- #16,353
- “entourer” frequency rank
- 24590
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entourée | entourer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de entouré. | Mettre ou disposer autour ; être ou se tenir autour de. |
Same sound, different letters: entourée vs entourer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. entourée (VCCVVCVV) and entourer (VCCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - entourée / entourer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: entourée and entourer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.tu.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24590, 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\. entourer is at rank #16,353, tagged as averb, 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 24590, this pair ranks #345,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of entourée vs entourer
Shared letters: enortu. Private to "entourée": é. Private to "entourer": -.
"entourée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVV · "entourer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- entourer ← enntourer · enoturer · entoruer · entouerr · entourerr · entourre · entourrer · enttourer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "entourée" and "entourer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "entourée" or "entourer" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "entourée" / "entourer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "entourée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entourer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entourée" and "entourer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encourir vs entourer". 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 #345,743 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.