Which to use
“écris” is a verb and “écrit” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,886
- “écris” frequency rank
- #500
- “écrit” frequency rank
- 4386
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écris | écrit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de écrire. | 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: écris vs écrit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Homophone desk: écris vs écrit
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: écris 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 - s in “écris” becomes t in “écrit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4386, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écris is recorded at frequency rank #3,886, 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 4386, this pair ranks #431,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of écris vs écrit
Shared letters: ciré. Private to "écris": s. Private to "écrit": t.
"écris" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "écrit" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "écris" for "écrit" ever safe?
Frequency check: "écris" vs "écrit" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "écris" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "écrit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #431,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écris" and "écrit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écris vs éprise". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #431,740 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.