entreraitvsentrevoitWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#46,747
“entrerait” frequency rank
#40,746
“entrevoit” frequency rank
87493
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entrerait entrevoit
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de entrer. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de entrevoir.

Where the eye mixes entrerait and entrevoit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. entrerait and entrevoit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
entrerait
9 ch
entrevoit

Visual trap between entrerait and entrevoit

A purely visual mix-up. entrerait (\ɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ\) and entrevoit (\ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87493, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entrerait is recorded at frequency rank #46,747, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ\. entrevoit is at rank #40,746, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa\.

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 87493, this pair ranks #8,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of entrerait vs entrevoit

Shared letters: einrt. Private to "entrerait": a. Private to "entrevoit": ov.

"entrerait" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC  ·  "entrevoit" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • entrerait ← enntrerait · enrterait · enterrait · entrearit · entreraitt · entrerati · entreriat · entrerrait
  • entrevoit ← enntrevoit · enrtevoit · entervoit · entreovit · entreviot · entrevoitt · entrevoti · entrevvoit

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "entrerait" for "entrevoit" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ\ versus \ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "entrerait" or "entrevoit"?
"entrevoit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,746 in our French list, against #46,747 for "entrerait". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "entrerait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "entrevoit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entrerait" and "entrevoit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entrerait vs entrèrent". 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 #8,208 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