Which to use
“écart” and “escort” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,232
- “écart” frequency rank
- #23,539
- “escort” frequency rank
- 26771
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écart | escort |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action par laquelle deux parties d’une chose s’écartent plus ou moins l’une de l’autre. | Personne qui vend son temps, ainsi que des prestations sexuelles, à des clients. |
Where the eye mixes écart and escort
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. écart runs 5 letters (VCVCC) against escort's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: écart vs escort
A purely visual mix-up. écart (\e.kaʁ\) and escort (\ɛs.kɔʁt\) 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 26771, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écart is recorded at frequency rank #3,232, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.kaʁ\. escort is at rank #23,539, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛs.kɔʁt\.
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 26771, this pair ranks #332,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of écart vs escort
Shared letters: crt. Private to "écart": aé. Private to "escort": eos.
"écart" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC · "escort" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- escort ← ecsort · esccort · escorrt · escortt · escotr · escrot · esocrt · esscort
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "écart" for "escort" ever safe?
Frequency check: "écart" vs "escort" - which ranks higher?
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 "écart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "escort" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #332,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écart" and "escort" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escort vs escortes". 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 #332,953 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.