Which to use
“écoutées” and “écoutez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,822
- “écoutées” frequency rank
- #5,717
- “écoutez” frequency rank
- 50539
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écoutées | écoutez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de écouter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de écouter. |
Same sound, different letters: écoutées vs écoutez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. écoutées runs 8 letters (VCVVCVVC) against écoutez's 7 (VCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: écoutées vs écoutez
This is the hard kind. écoutées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écoutées is recorded at frequency rank #44,822, 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 50539, this pair ranks #161,869 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écoutées vs écoutez
Shared letters: ceotué. Private to "écoutées": s. Private to "écoutez": z.
"écoutées" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCVVC · "écoutez" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "écoutées" for "écoutez" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
"écoutées" and "écoutez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "écoutées" 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 #161,869 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écoutées" and "écoutez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écoutées vs écouteur". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #161,869 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.