entrevoirvsentrevoitTell them apart

Which to use

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

#16,125
“entrevoir” frequency rank
#40,746
“entrevoit” frequency rank
56871
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entrevoir entrevoit
Definition Voir imparfaitement, ou en passant. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de entrevoir.

Where the eye mixes entrevoir and entrevoit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. entrevoir 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
entrevoir
9 ch
entrevoit

Why the eye confuses entrevoir with entrevoit

A purely visual mix-up. entrevoir (\ɑ̃.tʁə.vwaʁ\) 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 differ by a single letter - r in “entrevoir” becomes t in “entrevoit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entrevoir is recorded at frequency rank #16,125, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁə.vwaʁ\. 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 56871, this pair ranks #118,420 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of entrevoir vs entrevoit

Shared letters: einortv. Private to "entrevoir": -. Private to "entrevoit": -.

"entrevoir" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC  ·  "entrevoit" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • entrevoir ← enntrevoir · enrtevoir · entervoir · entreovir · entrevior · entrevoirr · entrevori · entrevvoir
  • entrevoit ← enntrevoit · enrtevoit · entervoit · entreovit · entreviot · entrevoitt · entrevoti · entrevvoit

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "entrevoir" and "entrevoit" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɑ̃.tʁə.vwaʁ\ versus \ɑ̃.tʁə.vwa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "entrevoir" or "entrevoit"?
"entrevoir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,125 in our French list, against #40,746 for "entrevoit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "entrevoir" 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 #118,420 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entrevoir" and "entrevoit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entrerait vs entrevoit". 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 #118,420 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