Which to use
“écria” is a verb and “écrit” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,272
- “écria” frequency rank
- #500
- “écrit” frequency rank
- 44772
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écria | écrit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de écrier. | Recouvert de signes graphiques, se dit spécialement d’un papier, d’un parchemin, etc., sur lequel on a écrit ; antonymes : blanc, vierge. |
Where the eye mixes écria and écrit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: écria is \e.kʁi.ja\ while écrit is \e.kʁi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “écria” becomes t in “écrit”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44772, 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\. écrit is at rank #500, tagged as anadj, 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 44772, this pair ranks #207,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écria vs écrit
Shared letters: ciré. Private to "écria": a. Private to "écrit": t.
"écria" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "écrit" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC