Which to use
“send” and “sente” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,156
- “send” frequency rank
- #13,474
- “sente” frequency rank
- 49630
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | send | sente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chose, objet. | Petit sentier ou petite voie, souvent non goudronnée, et passant au travers des bois. |
Where the eye mixes send and sente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. send runs 4 letters (CVCC) against sente's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between send and sente
A purely visual mix-up. send (\ˈsend\) and sente (\sɑ̃t\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49630, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
send is recorded at frequency rank #36,156, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈsend\. sente is at rank #13,474, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɑ̃t\.
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 49630, this pair ranks #169,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of send vs sente
Shared letters: ens. Private to "send": d. Private to "sente": t.
"send" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "sente" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "send" and "sente" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "send" or "sente"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "send" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "send" and "sente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "send vs Sepp". 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 #169,086 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.