Which to use
“écoutée” and “écoutez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,175
- “écoutée” frequency rank
- #5,717
- “écoutez” frequency rank
- 30892
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écoutée | écoutez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de écouter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de écouter. |
Same sound, different letters: écoutée vs écoutez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. écoutée (VCVVCVV) and écoutez (VCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - écoutée and écoutez
This is the hard kind. écoutée and écoutez are pronounced identically (\e.ku.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30892, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écoutée is recorded at frequency rank #25,175, classified as averb, pronounced \e.ku.te\. écoutez is at rank #5,717, 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 30892, this pair ranks #307,344 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écoutée vs écoutez
Shared letters: ceotué. Private to "écoutée": -. Private to "écoutez": z.
"écoutée" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVV · "écoutez" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "écoutée" for "écoutez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "écoutée" or "écoutez"?
What to do next
"écoutée" and "écoutez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "écoutée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "écoutez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,344 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écoutée" and "écoutez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "échouée vs écoutée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #307,344 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.