Which to use
“écoutes” is a noun and “écrites” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,772
- “écoutes” frequency rank
- #7,773
- “écrites” frequency rank
- 14545
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écoutes | écrites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de écoute. | Féminin pluriel de écrit. |
Where the eye mixes écoutes and écrites
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: écoutes is \e.kut\ while écrites is \e.kʁit\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14545, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écoutes is recorded at frequency rank #6,772, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.kut\. écrites is at rank #7,773, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.kʁit\.
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 14545, this pair ranks #396,211 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of écoutes vs écrites
Shared letters: cesté. Private to "écoutes": ou. Private to "écrites": ir.
"écoutes" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVC · "écrites" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC