Which to use
“entrée” and “entrées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #752
- “entrée” frequency rank
- #5,128
- “entrées” frequency rank
- 5880
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entrée | entrées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Endroit par où l’on entre dans un lieu. | Pluriel de entrée. |
Same sound, different letters: entrée vs entrées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. entrée runs 6 letters (VCCCVV) against entrées's 7 (VCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: entrée vs entrées
This is the hard kind. entrée and entrées are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.tʁe\) 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) - “entrée” sits inside “entrées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5880, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entrée is recorded at frequency rank #752, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁe\. entrées is at rank #5,128, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁe\.
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 5880, this pair ranks #427,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of entrée vs entrées
Shared letters: enrté. Private to "entrée": -. Private to "entrées": s.
"entrée" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVV · "entrées" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "entrée" and "entrées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "entrée" or "entrées"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "entrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entrées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #427,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entrée" and "entrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entorses vs entrées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #427,799 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.