écritevsécritsWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“écrite” and “écrits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,724
“écrite” frequency rank
#3,653
“écrits” frequency rank
7377
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature écrite écrits
Definition Féminin singulier de écrit. Masculin pluriel de écrit.

Where the eye mixes écrite and écrits

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
écrite
6 ch
écrits

Why the eye confuses écrite with écrits

A purely visual mix-up. écrite (\e.kʁit\) and écrits (\e.kʁi\) 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 a single letter - e in “écrite” becomes s in “écrits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

écrite is recorded at frequency rank #3,724, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.kʁit\. écrits is at rank #3,653, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.kʁi\.

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 7377, this pair ranks #423,355 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of écrite vs écrits

Shared letters: cirté. Private to "écrite": e. Private to "écrits": s.

"écrite" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "écrits" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "écrite" and "écrits" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\e.kʁit\ versus \e.kʁi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "écrite" vs "écrits" - which ranks higher?
"écrits" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,653 in our French list, against #3,724 for "écrite". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "écrite" and "écrits" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "écrite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "écrits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #423,355 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "écrite" and "écrits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écrite vs éprise". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #423,355 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list