Which to use
“écarté” is a noun and “égaré” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,691
- “écarté” frequency rank
- #20,614
- “égaré” frequency rank
- 32305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écarté | égaré |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jeu de cartes qui se joue à deux et où l’on peut écarter tout ou partie des cartes. | Écarté du droit chemin, perdu, qui ne sait plus où il est. |
Where the eye mixes écarté and égaré
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. écarté runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against égaré's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between écarté and égaré
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: écarté is \e.kaʁ.te\ while égaré is \e.ɡa.ʁe\. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32305, 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\. égaré is at rank #20,614, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.ɡa.ʁe\.
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 32305, this pair ranks #298,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écarté vs égaré
Shared letters: aré. Private to "écarté": ct. Private to "égaré": g.
"écarté" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "égaré" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "écarté" for "égaré" ever safe?
Frequency check: "écarté" vs "égaré" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "écarté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "égaré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #298,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écarté" and "égaré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "égaré vs Erdre". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #298,119 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.