Which to use
“écorce” and “escorte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,316
- “écorce” frequency rank
- #9,480
- “escorte” frequency rank
- 26796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écorce | escorte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie superficielle et protectrice des arbres et plus généralement des plantes ligneuses. | Troupe généralement armée qui accompagne une personne, un convoi, des bagages pour les protéger ou les surveiller pendant la marche. |
Where the eye mixes écorce and escorte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. écorce runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against escorte's 7 (VCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: écorce vs escorte
A purely visual mix-up. écorce (\e.kɔʁs\) and escorte (\ɛs.kɔʁt\) 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 26796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écorce is recorded at frequency rank #17,316, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.kɔʁs\. escorte is at rank #9,480, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛs.kɔʁt\.
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 26796, this pair ranks #332,815 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of écorce vs escorte
Shared letters: ceor. Private to "écorce": é. Private to "escorte": st.
"écorce" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "escorte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- escorte ← ecsorte · esccorte · escoret · escorrte · escortte · escotre · escrote · esocrte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "écorce" for "escorte" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "écorce" or "escorte" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "écorce" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "escorte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #332,815 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écorce" and "escorte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écorce vs écrie". 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 #332,815 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.