Which to use
“escadre” and “escale” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,279
- “escadre” frequency rank
- #11,580
- “escale” frequency rank
- 30859
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escadre | escale |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Groupe de vaisseaux de guerre sous un même chef. | Endroit où des navires peuvent relâcher. |
Where the eye mixes escadre and escale
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. escadre runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against escale's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses escadre with escale
A purely visual mix-up. escadre (\ɛs.kadʁ\) and escale (\ɛs.kal\) 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 30859, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escadre is recorded at frequency rank #19,279, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛs.kadʁ\. escale is at rank #11,580, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛs.kal\.
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 30859, this pair ranks #307,542 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of escadre vs escale
Shared letters: aces. Private to "escadre": dr. Private to "escale": l.
"escadre" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "escale" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "escadre" and "escale" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "escadre" or "escale" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "escadre" and "escale" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "escadre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "escale" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,542 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escadre" and "escale" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escale vs estate". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #307,542 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.