Which to use
“écartée” and “écoutée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,210
- “écartée” frequency rank
- #25,175
- “écoutée” frequency rank
- 46385
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écartée | écoutée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de écarter. | Participe passé féminin singulier de écouter. |
Where the eye mixes écartée and écoutée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. écartée (VCVCCVV) and écoutée (VCVVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: écartée vs écoutée
A purely visual mix-up. écartée (\e.kaʁ.te\) and écoutée (\e.ku.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46385, 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\. écoutée is at rank #25,175, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.ku.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 46385, this pair ranks #195,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écartée vs écoutée
Shared letters: ceté. Private to "écartée": ar. Private to "écoutée": ou.
"écartée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "écoutée" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "écartée" for "écoutée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "écartée" or "écoutée"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "écartée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "écoutée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #195,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écartée" and "écoutée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "échouée vs écoutée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #195,385 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.