Which to use
“écarté” is a noun and “écartent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,691
- “écarté” frequency rank
- #35,339
- “écartent” frequency rank
- 47030
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écarté | écartent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jeu de cartes qui se joue à deux et où l’on peut écarter tout ou partie des cartes. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de écarter. |
Where the eye mixes écarté and écartent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. écarté runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against écartent's 8 (VCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between écarté and écartent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: écarté is \e.kaʁ.te\ while écartent is \e.kaʁt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47030, 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\. écartent is at rank #35,339, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.kaʁt\.
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 47030, this pair ranks #190,192 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écarté vs écartent
Shared letters: acrté. Private to "écarté": -. Private to "écartent": en.
"écarté" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "écartent" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "écarté" and "écartent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "écarté" vs "écartent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "écarté" and "écartent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "écarté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "écartent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #190,192 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écarté" and "écartent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écartement vs écartent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #190,192 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.