Which to use
“écrit” and “écrite” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #500
- “écrit” frequency rank
- #3,724
- “écrite” frequency rank
- 4224
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écrit | écrite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Recouvert de signes graphiques, se dit spécialement d’un papier, d’un parchemin, etc., sur lequel on a écrit ; antonymes : blanc, vierge. | Féminin singulier de écrit. |
Where the eye mixes écrit and écrite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between écrit and écrite
A purely visual mix-up. écrit (\e.kʁi\) and écrite (\e.kʁit\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “écrit” sits inside “écrite”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4224, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écrit is recorded at frequency rank #500, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.kʁi\. écrite is at rank #3,724, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.kʁit\.
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 4224, this pair ranks #432,151 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of écrit vs écrite
Shared letters: cirté. Private to "écrit": -. Private to "écrite": e.
"écrit" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "écrite" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "écrit" and "écrite" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "écrit" or "écrite"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "écrit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "écrite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #432,151 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écrit" and "écrite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écrite vs éprise". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #432,151 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.