rentreravsrentrésWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: rentrera is a verb, rentrés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rentrera” is a verb and “rentrés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,509
“rentrera” frequency rank
#13,899
“rentrés” frequency rank
40408
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rentrera rentrés
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de rentrer. Masculin pluriel de rentré.

Where the eye mixes rentrera and rentrés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rentrera runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against rentrés's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
rentrera
7 ch
rentrés

Visual trap between rentrera and rentrés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rentrera is \ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa\ while rentrés is \ʁɑ̃.tʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40408, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rentrera is recorded at frequency rank #26,509, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa\. rentrés is at rank #13,899, tagged as anadj, 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 40408, this pair ranks #240,739 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rentrera vs rentrés

Shared letters: enrt. Private to "rentrera": a. Private to "rentrés": .

"rentrera" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "rentrés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rentreraerntrera · renntrera · renrtera · renterra · rentrear · rentrerra · rentrrea · rentrrera

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rentrera" and "rentrés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rentrera" is a verb and "rentrés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "rentrera" or "rentrés" show up more?
"rentrés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,899 in our French list, against #26,509 for "rentrera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rentrera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rentrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #240,739 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rentrera" and "rentrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rentrera vs rentrerai". 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 #240,739 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