Which to use
“escorter” is a verb and “escortes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,809
- “escorter” frequency rank
- #45,021
- “escortes” frequency rank
- 77830
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escorter | escortes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accompagner pour protéger, défendre, surveiller ou honorer pendant la marche. | Pluriel de escorte. |
Where the eye mixes escorter and escortes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. escorter and escortes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between escorter and escortes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: escorter is \ɛs.kɔʁ.te\ while escortes is \ɛs.kɔʁt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “escorter” becomes s in “escortes”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77830, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escorter is recorded at frequency rank #32,809, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛs.kɔʁ.te\. escortes is at rank #45,021, 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 77830, this pair ranks #27,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of escorter vs escortes
Shared letters: ceorst. Private to "escorter": -. Private to "escortes": -.
"escorter" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "escortes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "escorter" for "escortes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "escorter" or "escortes"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "escorter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "escortes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escorter" and "escortes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escortes vs exportés". 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 #27,318 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.