Which to use
“écrive” and “écrivent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,413
- “écrive” frequency rank
- #8,948
- “écrivent” frequency rank
- 37361
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écrive | écrivent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de écrire. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de écrire. |
Same sound, different letters: écrive vs écrivent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. écrive and écrivent are pronounced identically (\e.kʁiv\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “écrive” sits inside “écrivent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37361, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écrive is recorded at frequency rank #28,413, classified as averb, pronounced \e.kʁiv\. écrivent is at rank #8,948, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.kʁiv\.
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 37361, this pair ranks #263,019 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écrive vs écrivent
Shared letters: ceirvé. Private to "écrive": -. Private to "écrivent": nt.
"écrive" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "écrivent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC