Which to use
“écartée” and “écarter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,210
- “écartée” frequency rank
- #9,101
- “écarter” frequency rank
- 30311
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écartée | écarter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de écarter. | Séparer ; éloigner. |
Same sound, different letters: écartée vs écarter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. écartée (VCVCCVV) and écarter (VCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: écartée vs écarter
This is the hard kind. écartée and écarter are pronounced identically (\e.kaʁ.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30311, 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\. 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 30311, this pair ranks #311,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écartée vs écarter
Shared letters: acerté. Private to "écartée": -. Private to "écarter": -.
"écartée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "écarter" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "écartée" and "écarter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "écartée" vs "écarter" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"écartée" and "écarter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "écartée" 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 #311,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écartée" and "écarter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écartée vs égarée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #311,207 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.