Which to use
“écartées” and “écartent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,031
- “écartées” frequency rank
- #35,339
- “écartent” frequency rank
- 65370
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écartées | écartent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de écarter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de écarter. |
Where the eye mixes écartées and écartent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. écartées (VCVCCVVC) and écartent (VCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses écartées with écartent
A purely visual mix-up. écartées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65370, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écartées is recorded at frequency rank #30,031, 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 65370, this pair ranks #72,689 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of écartées vs écartent
Shared letters: acerté. Private to "écartées": s. Private to "écartent": n.
"écartées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC · "écartent" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "écartées" and "écartent" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "écartées" or "écartent" show up more?
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 "écartées" 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 #72,689 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écartées" and "écartent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écartées vs écoutées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #72,689 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.