Which to use
“écris” is a verb and “écuries” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,886
- “écris” frequency rank
- #17,597
- “écuries” frequency rank
- 21483
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écris | écuries |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de écrire. | Pluriel de écurie. |
Where the eye mixes écris and écuries
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: écris is \e.kʁi\ while écuries is \e.ky.ʁi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21483, 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\. écuries is at rank #17,597, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.ky.ʁi\.
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 21483, this pair ranks #362,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of écris vs écuries
Shared letters: cirsé. Private to "écris": -. Private to "écuries": eu.
"écris" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "écuries" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC