Which to use
“scruter” is a verb and “scrutin” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,891
- “scruter” frequency rank
- #4,186
- “scrutin” frequency rank
- 38077
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | scruter | scrutin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sonder ou examiner profondément ; chercher à pénétrer dans les choses cachées. | Vote au moyen de bulletins ou de boules que l’on dépose dans une urne, d’où on les tire ensuite pour les compter. |
Where the eye mixes scruter and scrutin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. scruter and scrutin follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: scruter vs scrutin
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: scruter is \skʁy.te\ while scrutin is \skʁy.tɛ̃\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38077, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
scruter is recorded at frequency rank #33,891, classified as averb, pronounced \skʁy.te\. scrutin is at rank #4,186, tagged as anoun, pronounced \skʁy.tɛ̃\.
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 38077, this pair ranks #257,828 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of scruter vs scrutin
Shared letters: crstu. Private to "scruter": e. Private to "scrutin": in.
"scruter" · 7 letters · shape CCCVCVC · "scrutin" · 7 letters · shape CCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "scruter" for "scrutin" ever safe?
Frequency check: "scruter" vs "scrutin" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "scruter" and "scrutin" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "scruter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "scrutin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #257,828 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "scruter" and "scrutin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "scruter vs siroter". 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 #257,828 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.