Which to use
“élargi” and “élargit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,545
- “élargi” frequency rank
- #19,720
- “élargit” frequency rank
- 35265
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | élargi | élargit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de élargir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de élargir. |
Same sound, different letters: élargi vs élargit
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. élargi and élargit are pronounced identically (\e.laʁ.ʒi\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “élargi” sits inside “élargit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35265, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
élargi is recorded at frequency rank #15,545, classified as averb, pronounced \e.laʁ.ʒi\. élargit is at rank #19,720, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.laʁ.ʒi\.
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 35265, this pair ranks #278,004 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of élargi vs élargit
Shared letters: agilré. Private to "élargi": -. Private to "élargit": t.
"élargi" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "élargit" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC