Which to use
“échouée” and “écroué” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,277
- “échouée” frequency rank
- #42,699
- “écroué” frequency rank
- 90976
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | échouée | écroué |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de échouer. | Participe passé masculin singulier de écrouer. |
Where the eye mixes échouée and écroué
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. échouée runs 7 letters (VCCVVVV) against écroué's 6 (VCCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: échouée vs écroué
A purely visual mix-up. échouée (\e.ʃwe\) and écroué (\e.kʁu.e\) 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 90976, 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\. écroué is at rank #42,699, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.kʁu.e\.
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 90976, this pair ranks #4,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of échouée vs écroué
Shared letters: coué. Private to "échouée": eh. Private to "écroué": r.
"échouée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVV · "écroué" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "échouée" and "écroué" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "échouée" or "écroué"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "échouée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "écroué" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "échouée" and "écroué" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "échouée vs échoués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #4,276 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.