écritvsécritesWhat's the difference?

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.

5 ch
écrit
7 ch
écrites

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "écrit" and "écrites" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\e.kʁi\ versus \e.kʁit\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "écrit" or "écrites"?
"écrit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #500 in our French list, against #7,773 for "écrites". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list