Which to use
“écartées” and “écarter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,031
- “écartées” frequency rank
- #9,101
- “écarter” frequency rank
- 39132
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écartées | écarter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de écarter. | Séparer ; éloigner. |
Same sound, different letters: écartées vs écarter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. écartées runs 8 letters (VCVCCVVC) against écarter's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - écartées / écarter
This is the hard kind. écartées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39132, 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\. 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 39132, this pair ranks #250,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écartées vs écarter
Shared letters: acerté. Private to "écartées": s. Private to "écarter": -.
"écartées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC · "écarter" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "écartées" and "écarter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
"écartées" and "écarter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "écartées" 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 #250,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écartées" and "écarter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écartées vs écoutées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #250,272 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.