Which to use
“écarté” is a noun and “écarter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,691
- “écarté” frequency rank
- #9,101
- “écarter” frequency rank
- 20792
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écarté | écarter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jeu de cartes qui se joue à deux et où l’on peut écarter tout ou partie des cartes. | Séparer ; éloigner. |
Same sound, different letters: écarté vs écarter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. écarté runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against écarter's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: écarté vs écarter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: écarté and écarter 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20792, 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\. écarter is at rank #9,101, 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 20792, this pair ranks #366,481 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of écarté vs écarter
Shared letters: acrté. Private to "écarté": -. Private to "écarter": e.
"écarté" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "écarter" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
"écarté" and "écarter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "écarté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "écarter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #366,481 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écarté" and "écarter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Easter vs écarter". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #366,481 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.