entravsEzraWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: entra is a verb, Ezra is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“entra” is a verb and “Ezra” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,166
“entra” frequency rank
#26,726
“Ezra” frequency rank
39892
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entra Ezra
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de entrer. Prénom masculin.

Letter map: entra vs Ezra

Shared letters muted; letters that set entra and Ezra apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
entra
4 ch
Ezra

Role in the sentence - entra and Ezra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: entra is averb and Ezraaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39892, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entra is recorded at frequency rank #13,166, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁa\. Ezra is at rank #26,726, tagged as aname.

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 39892, this pair ranks #244,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of entra vs Ezra

Shared letters: aer. Private to "entra": nt. Private to "Ezra": z.

"entra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV  ·  "Ezra" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • entraenntra · enrta · entar · entrra · enttra · etnra · netra
  • Ezraerza · ezar · ezrra · ezzra · zera

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "entra" for "Ezra" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "entra" is a verb and "Ezra" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "entra" or "Ezra"?
"entra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,166 in our French list, against #26,726 for "Ezra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "entra" and "Ezra".

  • Full dictionary entry for "entra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Ezra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #244,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entra" and "Ezra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Enora vs Ezra". 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 #244,558 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