écrir

Écrir is not a recognized verb in standard French. The correct infinitive meaning “to write” is écrire. The sequence écrir is typically seen only as a misspelling of écrire or as a stylized truncation in examples and captions, not as an independent lexical item. Because of the lack of an official entry, écrir does not appear in major French dictionaries, and French-language resources normally treat it as an orthographic error rather than a verb form.

In linguistics and language pedagogy, writers may use fictitious or semi-hypothetical forms like écrir to illustrate how French verb stems are constructed or to discuss hypothetical inflections, but such usages are explicitly contextual and not part of actual French conjugation. In such cases, authors typically note that the form is nonstandard or experimental.

Outside linguistic discussion, écrir may appear as a brand name, a typographic choice, or a character name in fiction. Its use in these contexts is not tied to standard French grammar and is chosen for stylistic reasons rather than linguistic legitimacy.

See also: écrire; orthographe; langue française; linguistique; erreurs typographiques.