crient

\kʁi\

/\kʁi\/ verb

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The verdict

“crient” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,438. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,438
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de crier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crient · crient · French

crient · rank #14,438 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,438
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coûtera

Nearest frequency peer: coûtera (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « crient »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « crient » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

crient vs crit
67% similar
crient vs crin
67% similar
crient vs crier
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for crient
PropertyValue
Headwordcrient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,438
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crient »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).crientse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « coûtera » (#14,437), « crépuscule » (#14,439), « curieusement » (#14,440). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crient » est au #14,438. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around crient (IPA \kʁi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,438 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for crient, with forms such as "ccrient", "cirent", and "creint". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "crit", "crin", "crier", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is crient, spelled C-R-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de crier.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de crier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how crient appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Déchirons nos vêtements ! crient les Hébreuses épouvantées.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrient
  • cirent
  • creint
  • criennt
  • crientt
  • crietn
  • crinet
  • crrient
  • rcient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crient - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccrient1cirent2creint2criennt1crientt1crietn2crinet2crrient1
Edit distance from "crient"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crient"?
"crient" is spelled C-R-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁi\.
What does "crient" mean?
As a verb, "crient" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de crier.
What words are commonly confused with "crient"?
"crient" is commonly confused with "crit", "crin", "crier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crient" is \kʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crient" come from?
"crient" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crient", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dublin#14,456Esther#14,467exclue#14,469adepte#14,404

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

ciseaux9 variantsbinaire9 variantsexplore9 variantsfiancé9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list