entréesvsentrevuesTell them apart

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“entrées” and “entrevues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#5,128
“entrées” frequency rank
#21,932
“entrevues” frequency rank
27060
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entrées entrevues
Definition Pluriel de entrée. Pluriel de entrevue.

Where the eye mixes entrées and entrevues

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. entrées runs 7 letters (VCCCVVC) against entrevues's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
entrées
9 ch
entrevues

Look-alike desk: entrées vs entrevues

A purely visual mix-up. entrées (\ɑ̃.tʁe\) and entrevues (\ɑ̃.tʁə.vy\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27060, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entrées is recorded at frequency rank #5,128, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁe\. entrevues is at rank #21,932, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁə.vy\.

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 27060, this pair ranks #331,307 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of entrées vs entrevues

Shared letters: enrst. Private to "entrées": é. Private to "entrevues": uv.

"entrées" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC  ·  "entrevues" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • entrevuesenntrevues · enrtevues · entervues · entreuves · entreveus · entrevuess · entrevuse · entrevvues

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "entrées" for "entrevues" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɑ̃.tʁe\ versus \ɑ̃.tʁə.vy\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "entrées" vs "entrevues" - which ranks higher?
"entrées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,128 in our French list, against #21,932 for "entrevues". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "entrées" and "entrevues" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "entrées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "entrevues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #331,307 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entrées" and "entrevues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entretuer vs entrevues". 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 #331,307 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