écrit vs exit, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“écrit” is an adjective and “exit” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#500
“écrit” frequency rank: #21,315
“exit” frequency rank: 21815
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	écrit	exit
Definition	Recouvert de signes graphiques, se dit spécialement d’un papier, d’un parchemin, etc., sur lequel on a écrit ; antonymes : blanc, vierge.	Sortie théâtrale.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set écrit and exit apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

écrit

4 ch

exit

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: écrit is \e.kʁi\ while exit is \ɛɡ.zit\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21815, 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\. exit is at rank #21,315, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zit\.

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 21815, this pair ranks #361,292 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of écrit vs exit

Shared letters: it. Private to "écrit": cré. Private to "exit": ex.

"écrit" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "exit" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

exit ← eixt · exitt · exti · exxit · xeit

Frequency comparison

écrit#500

exit#21,315

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "écrit" and "exit" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "écrit" is an adjective and "exit" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "écrit" or "exit"?

"écrit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #500 in our French list, against #21,315 for "exit". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering écrit vs exit

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “écrit”; for a noun, it's “exit”.
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