Which to use
“écrivent” and “écrivez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,948
- “écrivent” frequency rank
- #14,181
- “écrivez” frequency rank
- 23129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écrivent | écrivez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de écrire. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de écrire. |
Where the eye mixes écrivent and écrivez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. écrivent (\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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écrivent is recorded at frequency rank #8,948, 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 23129, this pair ranks #354,197 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of écrivent vs écrivez
Shared letters: ceirvé. Private to "écrivent": nt. Private to "écrivez": z.
"écrivent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "écrivez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC