Which to use
“écartée” is a verb and “écarts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,210
- “écartée” frequency rank
- #9,418
- “écarts” frequency rank
- 30628
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écartée | écarts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de écarter. | Pluriel de écart. |
Where the eye mixes écartée and écarts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. écartée runs 7 letters (VCVCCVV) against écarts's 6 (VCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between écartée and écarts
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: écartée is \e.kaʁ.te\ while écarts is \e.kaʁ\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30628, 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\. écarts is at rank #9,418, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.kaʁ\.
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 30628, this pair ranks #309,003 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écartée vs écarts
Shared letters: acrté. Private to "écartée": e. Private to "écarts": s.
"écartée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "écarts" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "écartée" and "écarts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "écartée" or "écarts" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "écartée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "écarts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #309,003 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écartée" and "écarts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écartée vs égarée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #309,003 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.