Which to use
“écarté” is a noun and “écrie” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,691
- “écarté” frequency rank
- #43,224
- “écrie” frequency rank
- 54915
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écarté | écrie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jeu de cartes qui se joue à deux et où l’on peut écarter tout ou partie des cartes. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de écrier. |
Where the eye mixes écarté and écrie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. écarté runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against écrie's 5 (VCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: écarté vs écrie
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: écarté is \e.kaʁ.te\ while écrie is \e.kʁi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 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 54915, 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\. écrie is at rank #43,224, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.kʁi\.
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 54915, this pair ranks #130,824 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écarté vs écrie
Shared letters: cré. Private to "écarté": at. Private to "écrie": ei.
"écarté" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "écrie" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "écarté" and "écrie" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "écarté" vs "écrie" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "écarté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "écrie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #130,824 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écarté" and "écrie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écrie vs éprise". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #130,824 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.