Which to use
“entremise” and “extrémité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,477
- “entremise” frequency rank
- #6,394
- “extrémité” frequency rank
- 24871
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entremise | extrémité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de s’entremettre. | Le bout d’une chose, la partie qui la termine. |
Where the eye mixes entremise and extrémité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. entremise and extrémité follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between entremise and extrémité
A purely visual mix-up. entremise (\ɑ̃.tʁə.miz\) and extrémité (\ɛk.stʁe.mi.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entremise is recorded at frequency rank #18,477, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁə.miz\. extrémité is at rank #6,394, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.stʁe.mi.te\.
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 24871, this pair ranks #344,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of entremise vs extrémité
Shared letters: eimrt. Private to "entremise": ns. Private to "extrémité": xé.
"entremise" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV · "extrémité" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- entremise ← enntremise · enrtemise · entermise · entreimse · entremies · entremisse · entremmise · entremsie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "entremise" for "extrémité" ever safe?
Frequency check: "entremise" vs "extrémité" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "entremise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "extrémité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #344,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entremise" and "extrémité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entremise vs extrémisme". 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 #344,086 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.