Which to use
“écrie” and “écris” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,224
- “écrie” frequency rank
- #3,886
- “écris” frequency rank
- 47110
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écrie | écris |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de écrier. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de écrire. |
Same sound, different letters: écrie vs écris
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. écrie and écris are pronounced identically (\e.kʁi\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “écrie” becomes s in “écris”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47110, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écrie is recorded at frequency rank #43,224, classified as averb, pronounced \e.kʁi\. écris is at rank #3,886, 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 47110, this pair ranks #189,525 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écrie vs écris
Shared letters: ciré. Private to "écrie": e. Private to "écris": s.
"écrie" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "écris" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC