Which to use
“écria” and “écrie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,272
- “écria” frequency rank
- #43,224
- “écrie” frequency rank
- 87496
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écria | écrie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de écrier. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de écrier. |
Where the eye mixes écria and écrie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. écria (\e.kʁi.ja\) and écrie (\e.kʁi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “écria” becomes e in “écrie”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87496, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écria is recorded at frequency rank #44,272, classified as averb, pronounced \e.kʁi.ja\. écrie is at rank #43,224, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.kʁi\.
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 87496, this pair ranks #8,203 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of écria vs écrie
Shared letters: ciré. Private to "écria": a. Private to "écrie": e.
"écria" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "écrie" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV