Which to use
“écrasées” is a noun and “écrasent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,113
- “écrasées” frequency rank
- #31,790
- “écrasent” frequency rank
- 70903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écrasées | écrasent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de écrasée. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de écraser. |
Where the eye mixes écrasées and écrasent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: écrasées is \e.kʁa.ze\ while écrasent is \e.kʁaz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écrasées is recorded at frequency rank #39,113, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.kʁa.ze\. écrasent is at rank #31,790, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.kʁaz\.
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 70903, this pair ranks #49,545 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of écrasées vs écrasent
Shared letters: acersé. Private to "écrasées": -. Private to "écrasent": nt.
"écrasées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "écrasent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC