Which to use
“entreprise” and “entreprises” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #452
- “entreprise” frequency rank
- #646
- “entreprises” frequency rank
- 1098
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entreprise | entreprises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce que l’on entreprend, ce que l’on a entrepris, un projet, un dessein. | Pluriel de entreprise. |
Same sound, different letters: entreprise vs entreprises
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. entreprise runs 10 letters (VCCCVCCVCV) against entreprises's 11 (VCCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - entreprise and entreprises
This is the hard kind. entreprise and entreprises are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁiz\) 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) - “entreprise” sits inside “entreprises”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1098, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entreprise is recorded at frequency rank #452, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁiz\. entreprises is at rank #646, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁiz\.
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 1098, this pair ranks #438,631 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of entreprise vs entreprises
Shared letters: einprst. Private to "entreprise": -. Private to "entreprises": -.
"entreprise" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCV · "entreprises" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- entreprise ← enntreprise · enrteprise · entrepirse · entrepprise · entrepries · entreprisse · entreprrise · entreprsie
- entreprises ← enntreprises · enrteprises · enterprises · entrepirses · entrepprises · entrepriess · entreprisess · entreprisses
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "entreprise" and "entreprises" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "entreprise" or "entreprises" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "entreprise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entreprises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #438,631 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entreprise" and "entreprises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entreposés vs entreprises". 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 #438,631 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.