Which to use
“écrites” is an adjective and “écritures” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,773
- “écrites” frequency rank
- #13,493
- “écritures” frequency rank
- 21266
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écrites | écritures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de écrit. | Pluriel de écriture. |
Where the eye mixes écrites and écritures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: écrites is \e.kʁit\ while écritures is \e.kʁi.tyʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 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 21266, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écrites is recorded at frequency rank #7,773, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.kʁit\. écritures is at rank #13,493, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.kʁi.tyʁ\.
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 21266, this pair ranks #364,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of écrites vs écritures
Shared letters: ceirsté. Private to "écrites": -. Private to "écritures": u.
"écrites" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "écritures" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC