Which to use
“écrasé” is an adjective and “écrasées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,255
- “écrasé” frequency rank
- #39,113
- “écrasées” frequency rank
- 48368
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écrasé | écrasées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a subi un écrasement. | Pluriel de écrasée. |
Same sound, different letters: écrasé vs écrasées
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 écrasées 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 2 extra letter(s) - “écrasé” sits inside “écrasées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48368, 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\. écrasées is at rank #39,113, 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 48368, this pair ranks #179,479 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écrasé vs écrasées
Shared letters: acrsé. Private to "écrasé": -. Private to "écrasées": e.
"écrasé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "écrasées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC