Which to use
“écoulée” and “écoulés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,894
- “écoulée” frequency rank
- #23,075
- “écoulés” frequency rank
- 43969
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écoulée | écoulés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de écoulé. | Masculin pluriel de écoulé. |
Same sound, different letters: écoulée vs écoulés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. écoulée (VCVVCVV) and écoulés (VCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - écoulée / écoulés
This is the hard kind. écoulée and écoulés are pronounced identically (\e.ku.le\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “écoulée” becomes s in “écoulés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43969, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écoulée is recorded at frequency rank #20,894, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.ku.le\. écoulés is at rank #23,075, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.ku.le\.
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 43969, this pair ranks #214,021 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écoulée vs écoulés
Shared letters: cloué. Private to "écoulée": e. Private to "écoulés": s.
"écoulée" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVV · "écoulés" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "écoulée" and "écoulés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "écoulée" vs "écoulés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "écoulée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "écoulés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #214,021 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écoulée" and "écoulés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "échoués vs écoulés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #214,021 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.