écrievsécrivezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“écrie” and “écrivez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,224
“écrie” frequency rank
#14,181
“écrivez” frequency rank
57405
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature écrie écrivez
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de écrier. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de écrire.

Where the eye mixes écrie and écrivez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

5 ch
écrie
7 ch
écrivez

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. écrie (\e.kʁi\) and écrivez (\e.kʁi.ve\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57405, 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\. écrivez is at rank #14,181, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.kʁi.ve\.

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 57405, this pair ranks #115,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of écrie vs écrivez

Shared letters: ceiré. Private to "écrie": -. Private to "écrivez": vz.

"écrie" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV  ·  "écrivez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "écrie" and "écrivez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\e.kʁi\ versus \e.kʁi.ve\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "écrie" or "écrivez"?
"écrivez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,181 in our French list, against #43,224 for "écrie". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list