Which to use
“érable” is a noun and “établi” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,499
- “érable” frequency rank
- #2,805
- “établi” frequency rank
- 16304
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | érable | établi |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genre d’arbre qui croît naturellement dans les régions tempérées à feuilles opposées, pétiolées et palmatilobées, généralement simples, dont le fruit est une disamare formée de 2 samares réunies à la base, et dont plusieurs espèces fournissent une liqueur qui peut être convertie en sucre par évaporation. | Communément admis, ancré dans les mœurs. |
Where the eye mixes érable and établi
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses érable with établi
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: érable is \e.ʁabl\ while établi is \e.ta.bli\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
érable is recorded at frequency rank #13,499, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.ʁabl\. établi is at rank #2,805, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.ta.bli\.
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 16304, this pair ranks #388,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of érable vs établi
Shared letters: ablé. Private to "érable": er. Private to "établi": it.
"érable" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "établi" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "érable" for "établi" ever safe?
Which is more common, "érable" or "établi"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "érable" and "établi" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "érable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "établi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #388,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "érable" and "établi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "érable vs érables". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #388,434 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.