Which to use
“écrive” and “écrivez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,413
- “écrive” frequency rank
- #14,181
- “écrivez” frequency rank
- 42594
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écrive | écrivez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de écrire. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de écrire. |
Where the eye mixes écrive and écrivez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. écrive (\e.kʁiv\) and écrivez (\e.kʁi.ve\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “écrive” sits inside “écrivez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42594, 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\. écrivez is at rank #14,181, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.kʁi.ve\.
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 42594, this pair ranks #224,431 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of écrive vs écrivez
Shared letters: ceirvé. Private to "écrive": -. Private to "écrivez": z.
"écrive" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "écrivez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC