# cried vs Cris

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cried
*verb · IPA /kɹaɪd/ · frequency rank #5,207*
simple past and past participle of cry

### Cris
*name · IPA /kɹɪs/ · frequency rank #36,507*
A unisex given name.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cried-vs-cris