Which to use
“échéance” is a noun and “échéant” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,419
- “échéance” frequency rank
- #11,507
- “échéant” frequency rank
- 20926
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | échéance | échéant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Terme où échoit le paiement d’une chose due. | Qui survient, qui arrive. |
Where the eye mixes échéance and échéant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. échéance runs 8 letters (VCCVVCCV) against échéant's 7 (VCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: échéance vs échéant
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: échéance is \e.ʃe.ɑ̃s\ while échéant is \e.ʃe.ɑ̃\. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20926, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
échéance is recorded at frequency rank #9,419, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.ʃe.ɑ̃s\. échéant is at rank #11,507, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.ʃe.ɑ̃\.
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 20926, this pair ranks #365,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of échéance vs échéant
Shared letters: achné. Private to "échéance": e. Private to "échéant": t.
"échéance" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCV · "échéant" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "échéance" for "échéant" ever safe?
Frequency check: "échéance" vs "échéant" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "échéance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "échéant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "échéance" and "échéant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "échéance vs échéancier". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #365,777 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.