Which to use
“écartée” and “écartent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,210
- “écartée” frequency rank
- #35,339
- “écartent” frequency rank
- 56549
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écartée | écartent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de écarter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de écarter. |
Where the eye mixes écartée and écartent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. écartée runs 7 letters (VCVCCVV) against écartent's 8 (VCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses écartée with écartent
A purely visual mix-up. écartée (\e.kaʁ.te\) and écartent (\e.kaʁt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56549, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écartée is recorded at frequency rank #21,210, classified as averb, 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 56549, this pair ranks #120,425 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écartée vs écartent
Shared letters: acerté. Private to "écartée": -. Private to "écartent": n.
"écartée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "écartent" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "écartée" for "écartent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "écartée" vs "écartent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "écartée" and "écartent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "écartée" 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 #120,425 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écartée" and "écartent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écartement vs écartent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #120,425 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.