Which to use
“escort” and “escorte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,539
- “escort” frequency rank
- #9,480
- “escorte” frequency rank
- 33019
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escort | escorte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui vend son temps, ainsi que des prestations sexuelles, à des clients. | Troupe généralement armée qui accompagne une personne, un convoi, des bagages pour les protéger ou les surveiller pendant la marche. |
Same sound, different letters: escort vs escorte
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. escort runs 6 letters (VCCVCC) against escorte's 7 (VCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - escort and escorte
This is the hard kind. escort and escorte are pronounced identically (\ɛs.kɔʁt\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “escort” sits inside “escorte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33019, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escort is recorded at frequency rank #23,539, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛs.kɔʁt\. escorte is at rank #9,480, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛs.kɔʁt\.
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 33019, this pair ranks #293,411 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of escort vs escorte
Shared letters: ceorst. Private to "escort": -. Private to "escorte": -.
"escort" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "escorte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "escort" and "escorte" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "escort" vs "escorte" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "escort" / "escorte". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "escort" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "escorte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #293,411 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escort" and "escorte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escort vs escortes". 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 #293,411 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.