Which to use
“écrasé” is an adjective and “écrasée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,255
- “écrasé” frequency rank
- #21,819
- “écrasée” frequency rank
- 31074
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écrasé | écrasée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a subi un écrasement. | Effondrement dans une galerie minière abandonnée |
Same sound, different letters: écrasé vs écrasée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: écrasé and écrasée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \e.kʁa.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “écrasé” sits inside “écrasée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écrasé is recorded at frequency rank #9,255, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.kʁa.ze\. écrasée is at rank #21,819, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.kʁa.ze\.
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 31074, this pair ranks #306,155 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écrasé vs écrasée
Shared letters: acrsé. Private to "écrasé": -. Private to "écrasée": e.
"écrasé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "écrasée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV