rentrévsrentréesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: rentré is a adjective, rentrées is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rentré” is an adjective and “rentrées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,017
“rentré” frequency rank
#21,144
“rentrées” frequency rank
25161
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rentré rentrées
Definition Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter) Pluriel de rentrée.

Same sound, different letters: rentré vs rentrées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. rentré runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against rentrées's 8 (CVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
rentré
8 ch
rentrées

Ear matches; page differs - rentré and rentrées

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: rentré and rentrées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁɑ̃.tʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “rentré” sits inside “rentrées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25161, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rentré is recorded at frequency rank #4,017, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.tʁe\. rentrées is at rank #21,144, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.tʁe\.

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 25161, this pair ranks #342,439 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rentré vs rentrées

Shared letters: enrté. Private to "rentré": -. Private to "rentrées": s.

"rentré" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "rentrées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rentré" and "rentrées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rentré" is an adjective and "rentrées" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "rentré" vs "rentrées" - which ranks higher?
"rentré" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,017 in our French list, against #21,144 for "rentrées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rentré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rentrées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #342,439 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rentré" and "rentrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rénovées vs rentrées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #342,439 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