entrantsvsentronsTell them apart

Quick tell: entrants is a adjective, entrons is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“entrants” is an adjective and “entrons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,347
“entrants” frequency rank
#24,207
“entrons” frequency rank
53554
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entrants entrons
Definition Masculin pluriel de entrant. Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif du verbe entrer.

Where the eye mixes entrants and entrons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
entrants
7 ch
entrons

Visual trap between entrants and entrons

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: entrants is \ɑ̃.tʁɑ̃\ while entrons is \ɑ̃.tʁɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53554, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entrants is recorded at frequency rank #29,347, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁɑ̃\. entrons is at rank #24,207, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁɔ̃\.

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 53554, this pair ranks #139,945 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of entrants vs entrons

Shared letters: enrst. Private to "entrants": a. Private to "entrons": o.

"entrants" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCCC  ·  "entrons" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • entrantsenntrants · enrtants · entarnts · entrannts · entranst · entrantss · entrantts · entratns
  • entronsenntrons · enrtons · entorns · entrnos · entronns · entronss · entrosn · entrrons

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "entrants" for "entrons" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "entrants" is an adjective and "entrons" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "entrants" or "entrons" show up more?
"entrons" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,207 in our French list, against #29,347 for "entrants". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "entrants" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "entrons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #139,945 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entrants" and "entrons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entracte vs entrants". 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 #139,945 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