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Which to use

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

#35,010
“each” frequency rank
#13,584
“easy” frequency rank
48594
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature each easy
Definition Chaque. Facile.

Where the eye mixes each and easy

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
each
4 ch
easy

Look-alike desk: each vs easy

A purely visual mix-up. each (\ˈitʃ\) and easy (\ˈiː.zi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48594, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

each is recorded at frequency rank #35,010, classified as anadj, pronounced \ˈitʃ\. easy is at rank #13,584, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ˈiː.zi\.

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 48594, this pair ranks #177,647 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of each vs easy

Shared letters: ae. Private to "each": ch. Private to "easy": sy.

"each" · 4 letters · shape VVCC  ·  "easy" · 4 letters · shape VVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eachaech · eacch · eachh · eahc · ecah
  • easyaesy · eassy · easyy · eays · esay

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "each" for "easy" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ˈitʃ\ versus \ˈiː.zi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "each" vs "easy" - which ranks higher?
"easy" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,584 in our French list, against #35,010 for "each". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "each" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "easy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #177,647 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "each" and "easy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "each vs EPCI". 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 #177,647 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