Which to use
“écrit” and “écrites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #500
- “écrit” frequency rank
- #7,773
- “écrites” frequency rank
- 8273
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écrit | écrites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Recouvert de signes graphiques, se dit spécialement d’un papier, d’un parchemin, etc., sur lequel on a écrit ; antonymes : blanc, vierge. | Féminin pluriel de écrit. |
Where the eye mixes écrit and écrites
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. écrit (\e.kʁi\) and écrites (\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 2 extra letter(s) - “écrit” sits inside “écrites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8273, 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\. écrites is at rank #7,773, 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 8273, this pair ranks #420,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of écrit vs écrites
Shared letters: cirté. Private to "écrit": -. Private to "écrites": es.
"écrit" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "écrites" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC