Which to use
“entrave” is a noun and “entravée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,140
- “entrave” frequency rank
- #48,496
- “entravée” frequency rank
- 63636
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entrave | entravée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lien qu’on met aux jambes d’un animal, ou traverse suspendue par une corde à son cou, pour en gêner la marche. | Féminin singulier de entravé. |
Where the eye mixes entrave and entravée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. entrave runs 7 letters (VCCCVCV) against entravée's 8 (VCCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: entrave vs entravée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: entrave is \ɑ̃.tʁav\ while entravée is \ɑ̃.tʁa.ve\. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63636, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entrave is recorded at frequency rank #15,140, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁav\. entravée is at rank #48,496, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁa.ve\.
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 63636, this pair ranks #80,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of entrave vs entravée
Shared letters: aenrtv. Private to "entrave": -. Private to "entravée": é.
"entrave" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "entravée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- entrave ← enntrave · enrtave · entarve · entraev · entravve · entrrave · entrvae · enttrave
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "entrave" for "entravée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "entrave" or "entravée"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "entrave" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entravée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entrave" and "entravée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entravée vs entravent". 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 #80,974 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.