# étirer vs etre

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### étirer
*verb · IPA \e.ti.ʁe\ · frequency rank #28,030*
Étendre, allonger.

### etre
*preposition · IPA \e.ˈtreː\ · frequency rank #1,412*
Entre.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/etirer-vs-etre