écœurévsécurieTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#46,544
“écœuré” frequency rank
#10,977
“écurie” frequency rank
57521
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature écœuré écurie
Definition Qui a perdu le cœur ; à qui le cœur manque ; qui est dégoûté. Bâtiment destiné à loger des chevaux, des mulets, etc.

Letter map: écœuré vs écurie

Shared letters muted; letters that set écœuré and écurie apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. écœuré (VCVVCV) and écurie (VCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
écœuré
6 ch
écurie

Grammar separator: écœuré vs écurie

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: écœuré is anadjective and écurieanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57521, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

écœuré is recorded at frequency rank #46,544, classified as anadj. écurie is at rank #10,977, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.ky.ʁi\.

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 57521, this pair ranks #114,538 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of écœuré vs écurie

Shared letters: crué. Private to "écœuré": œ. Private to "écurie": ei.

"écœuré" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV  ·  "écurie" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "écœuré" for "écurie" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "écœuré" is an adjective and "écurie" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "écœuré" or "écurie" show up more?
"écurie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,977 in our French list, against #46,544 for "écœuré". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "écœuré" vs "écurie" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "écœuré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "écurie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #114,538 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "écœuré" and "écurie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écœuré vs endure". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #114,538 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