Which to use
“écrivais” and “écrivons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,078
- “écrivais” frequency rank
- #43,226
- “écrivons” frequency rank
- 66304
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écrivais | écrivons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de écrire. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de écrire. |
Where the eye mixes écrivais and écrivons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. écrivais (\e.kʁi.vɛ\) and écrivons (\e.kʁi.vɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écrivais is recorded at frequency rank #23,078, classified as averb, pronounced \e.kʁi.vɛ\. écrivons is at rank #43,226, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.kʁi.vɔ̃\.
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 66304, this pair ranks #68,407 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of écrivais vs écrivons
Shared letters: cirsvé. Private to "écrivais": a. Private to "écrivons": no.
"écrivais" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "écrivons" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC