Which to use
“entretien” and “entretiens” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,592
- “entretien” frequency rank
- #6,501
- “entretiens” frequency rank
- 8093
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entretien | entretiens |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Maintenance ; ensemble des soins et dépenses qu'exigent le maintien de certaines choses en bon état. | Pluriel de entretien. |
Same sound, different letters: entretien vs entretiens
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - entretien and entretiens
This is the hard kind. entretien and entretiens are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃\) 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) - “entretien” sits inside “entretiens”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entretien is recorded at frequency rank #1,592, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃\. entretiens is at rank #6,501, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁə.tjɛ̃\.
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 8093, this pair ranks #421,168 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of entretien vs entretiens
Shared letters: einrt. Private to "entretien": -. Private to "entretiens": s.
"entretien" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC · "entretiens" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- entretien ← enntretien · enrtetien · entertien · entreiten · entretein · entretienn · entretine · entrettien
- entretiens ← enntretiens · enrtetiens · entertiens · entreitens · entreteins · entretienns · entretienss · entretiesn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "entretien" and "entretiens" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "entretien" vs "entretiens" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"entretien" and "entretiens" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "entretien" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entretiens" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #421,168 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entretien" and "entretiens" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entretien vs entretuer". 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 #421,168 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.