Which to use
“echo” and “échos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,256
- “echo” frequency rank
- #12,502
- “échos” frequency rank
- 26758
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | echo | échos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (radiotéléphonie) Mot de code radiotéléphonique de l'OACI, OTAN et SIA pour la lettre latine E. | Pluriel de écho. |
Where the eye mixes echo and échos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. echo runs 4 letters (VCCV) against échos's 5 (VCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses echo with échos
A purely visual mix-up. echo (\ˈɛko\) and échos (\e.ko\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
echo is recorded at frequency rank #14,256, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈɛko\. échos is at rank #12,502, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.ko\.
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 26758, this pair ranks #333,026 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of echo vs échos
Shared letters: cho. Private to "echo": e. Private to "échos": sé.
"echo" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "échos" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- echo ← ceho · eccho · echho · ecoh · ehco
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "echo" and "échos" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "echo" or "échos"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "echo" and "échos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "echo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "échos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #333,026 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "echo" and "échos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "echo vs EPO". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #333,026 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.