Which to use
“élargie” and “élargis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,516
- “élargie” frequency rank
- #43,231
- “élargis” frequency rank
- 59747
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | élargie | élargis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de élargir. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de élargir. |
Same sound, different letters: élargie vs élargis
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. élargie and élargis 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 a single letter - e in “élargie” becomes s in “élargis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
élargie is recorded at frequency rank #16,516, classified as averb, pronounced \e.laʁ.ʒi\. élargis is at rank #43,231, 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 59747, this pair ranks #101,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of élargie vs élargis
Shared letters: agilré. Private to "élargie": e. Private to "élargis": s.
"élargie" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "élargis" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC