Which to use
“écharpe” and “écharpes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,091
- “écharpe” frequency rank
- #33,942
- “écharpes” frequency rank
- 47033
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écharpe | écharpes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Large bande d’étoffe, que l’on portait autrefois de la droite à la gauche en forme de baudrier et qu’on porta encore en forme de ceinture. | Pluriel de écharpe. |
Same sound, different letters: écharpe vs écharpes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. écharpe runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against écharpes's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - écharpe and écharpes
This is the hard kind. écharpe and écharpes are pronounced identically (\e.ʃaʁp\) and both work as anoun. 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 extra letter(s) - “écharpe” sits inside “écharpes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47033, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écharpe is recorded at frequency rank #13,091, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.ʃaʁp\. écharpes is at rank #33,942, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.ʃaʁp\.
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 47033, this pair ranks #190,172 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écharpe vs écharpes
Shared letters: acehpré. Private to "écharpe": -. Private to "écharpes": s.
"écharpe" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "écharpes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "écharpe" and "écharpes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "écharpe" vs "écharpes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "écharpe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "écharpes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #190,172 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écharpe" and "écharpes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écharpes vs échoppes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #190,172 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.