écœurévsécouteWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#46,544
“écœuré” frequency rank
#1,130
“écoute” frequency rank
47674
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature écœuré écoute
Definition Qui a perdu le cœur ; à qui le cœur manque ; qui est dégoûté. Action d’écouter, ou (vieilli) de faire le guet.

Letter map: écœuré vs écoute

Shared letters muted; letters that set écœuré and écoute apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

6 ch
écœuré
6 ch
écoute

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: écœuré is anadjective and écouteanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

écœuré is recorded at frequency rank #46,544, classified as anadj. écoute is at rank #1,130, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.kut\.

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 47674, this pair ranks #185,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of écœuré vs écoute

Shared letters: cué. Private to "écœuré": . Private to "écoute": eot.

"écœuré" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV  ·  "écoute" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "écœuré" and "écoute" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "écœuré" is an adjective and "écoute" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "écœuré" or "écoute"?
"écoute" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,130 in our French list, against #46,544 for "écœuré". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "écœuré" and "écoute". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "écœuré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "écoute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #185,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "écœuré" and "écoute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écœuré vs endure". Nearby pair

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list