Which to use
“échoués” and “écroué” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,113
- “échoués” frequency rank
- #42,699
- “écroué” frequency rank
- 89812
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | échoués | écroué |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de échouer. | Participe passé masculin singulier de écrouer. |
Where the eye mixes échoués and écroué
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. échoués runs 7 letters (VCCVVVC) against écroué's 6 (VCCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: échoués vs écroué
A purely visual mix-up. échoués (\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 89812, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
échoués is recorded at frequency rank #47,113, 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 89812, this pair ranks #5,408 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of échoués vs écroué
Shared letters: coué. Private to "échoués": hs. Private to "écroué": r.
"échoués" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC · "écroué" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "échoués" and "écroué" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "échoués" vs "écroué" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "échoués" and "écroué" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "échoués" 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 #5,408 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "échoués" and "écroué" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "échouée vs échoués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #5,408 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.