Which to use
“entrave” and “entraves” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,140
- “entrave” frequency rank
- #27,426
- “entraves” frequency rank
- 42566
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entrave | entraves |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lien qu’on met aux jambes d’un animal, ou traverse suspendue par une corde à son cou, pour en gêner la marche. | Pluriel de entrave. |
Same sound, different letters: entrave vs entraves
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. entrave runs 7 letters (VCCCVCV) against entraves's 8 (VCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: entrave vs entraves
This is the hard kind. entrave and entraves are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.tʁav\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “entrave” sits inside “entraves”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42566, 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\. entraves is at rank #27,426, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁav\.
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 42566, this pair ranks #224,634 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of entrave vs entraves
Shared letters: aenrtv. Private to "entrave": -. Private to "entraves": s.
"entrave" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "entraves" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "entrave" and "entraves" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "entrave" or "entraves" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "entrave" / "entraves". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "entrave" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entraves" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #224,634 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entrave" and "entraves" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entravée vs entraves". 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 #224,634 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.