Which to use
“échouée” and “échouer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,277
- “échouée” frequency rank
- #12,699
- “échouer” frequency rank
- 60976
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | échouée | échouer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de échouer. | Donner sur le sable, sur un écueil et y stationner plus ou moins longtemps, en parlant d’une embarcation voire d’un cétacé ou de poissons. |
Same sound, different letters: échouée vs échouer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. échouée (VCCVVVV) and échouer (VCCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - échouée and échouer
This is the hard kind. échouée and échouer are pronounced identically (\e.ʃwe\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60976, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
échouée is recorded at frequency rank #48,277, classified as averb, pronounced \e.ʃwe\. échouer is at rank #12,699, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.ʃwe\.
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 60976, this pair ranks #94,767 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of échouée vs échouer
Shared letters: cehoué. Private to "échouée": -. Private to "échouer": r.
"échouée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVV · "échouer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "échouée" / "échouer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "échouée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "échouer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,767 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "échouée" and "échouer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "échouée vs échoués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #94,767 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.