Which to use
“échouée” and “écoutée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,277
- “échouée” frequency rank
- #25,175
- “écoutée” frequency rank
- 73452
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | échouée | écoutée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de échouer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de écouter. |
Where the eye mixes échouée and écoutée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. échouée (VCCVVVV) and écoutée (VCVVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between échouée and écoutée
A purely visual mix-up. échouée (\e.ʃwe\) and écoutée (\e.ku.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73452, 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\. écoutée is at rank #25,175, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.ku.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 73452, this pair ranks #40,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of échouée vs écoutée
Shared letters: ceoué. Private to "échouée": h. Private to "écoutée": t.
"échouée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVV · "écoutée" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "échouée" for "écoutée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "échouée" or "écoutée" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "échouée" and "écoutée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "échouée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "écoutée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "échouée" and "écoutée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "échouée vs échoués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #40,426 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.