Which to use
“écrit” and “étroit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #500
- “écrit” frequency rank
- #9,421
- “étroit” frequency rank
- 9921
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écrit | étroit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Recouvert de signes graphiques, se dit spécialement d’un papier, d’un parchemin, etc., sur lequel on a écrit ; antonymes : blanc, vierge. | De petite largeur. |
Where the eye mixes écrit and étroit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. écrit runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against étroit's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between écrit and étroit
A purely visual mix-up. écrit (\e.kʁi\) and étroit (\e.tʁwa\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9921, 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\. étroit is at rank #9,421, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.tʁwa\.
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 9921, this pair ranks #414,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of écrit vs étroit
Shared letters: irté. Private to "écrit": c. Private to "étroit": o.
"écrit" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "étroit" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "écrit" and "étroit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "écrit" vs "étroit" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "écrit" and "étroit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "écrit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "étroit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écrit" and "étroit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écrit vs émit". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #414,922 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.