Which to use
“écrie” is a verb and “écrit” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,224
- “écrie” frequency rank
- #500
- “écrit” frequency rank
- 43724
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écrie | écrit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de écrier. | Recouvert de signes graphiques, se dit spécialement d’un papier, d’un parchemin, etc., sur lequel on a écrit ; antonymes : blanc, vierge. |
Same sound, different letters: écrie vs écrit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: écrie and écrit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \e.kʁi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “écrie” becomes t in “écrit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43724, 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\. 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 43724, this pair ranks #215,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écrie vs écrit
Shared letters: ciré. Private to "écrie": e. Private to "écrit": t.
"écrie" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "écrit" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC