Which to use
“écarté” is a noun and “écartées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,691
- “écarté” frequency rank
- #30,031
- “écartées” frequency rank
- 41722
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écarté | écartées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jeu de cartes qui se joue à deux et où l’on peut écarter tout ou partie des cartes. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de écarter. |
Same sound, different letters: écarté vs écartées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. écarté runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against écartées's 8 (VCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - écarté and écartées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: écarté and écartées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \e.kaʁ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “écarté” sits inside “écartées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41722, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écarté is recorded at frequency rank #11,691, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.kaʁ.te\. écartées is at rank #30,031, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.kaʁ.te\.
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 41722, this pair ranks #230,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écarté vs écartées
Shared letters: acrté. Private to "écarté": -. Private to "écartées": es.
"écarté" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "écartées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "écarté" for "écartées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "écarté" vs "écartées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "écarté" / "écartées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "écarté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "écartées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #230,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écarté" and "écartées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écartées vs écoutées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #230,998 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.