Which to use
“guérie” is an adjective and “guérit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,231
- “guérie” frequency rank
- #18,500
- “guérit” frequency rank
- 42731
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guérie | guérit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de guéri. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de guérir. |
Same sound, different letters: guérie vs guérit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. guérie (CVVCVV) and guérit (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - guérie / guérit
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: guérie and guérit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɡe.ʁi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “guérie” becomes t in “guérit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42731, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guérie is recorded at frequency rank #24,231, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡe.ʁi\. guérit is at rank #18,500, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɡe.ʁi\.
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 42731, this pair ranks #223,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guérie vs guérit
Shared letters: girué. Private to "guérie": e. Private to "guérit": t.
"guérie" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "guérit" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "guérie" / "guérit". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "guérie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guérit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #223,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guérie" and "guérit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guéret vs guérie". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #223,365 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.