criez

\kʁi.je\

/\kʁi.je\/ verb

The verdict

“criez” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,966. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,966
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-criez · criez · French

criez · rank #34,966 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,966
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH crasseux

Nearest frequency peer: crasseux (-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 « criez »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « criez » 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).

criez vs Cris
40% similar
criez vs crue
60% similar
criez vs cruz
60% similar

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

Key facts for criez
PropertyValue
Headwordcriez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁi.je\
Letters5
Frequency rank#34,966
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « criez »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).criezse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « crasseux » (#34,965), « crossover » (#34,967), « crunch » (#34,968). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « criez » est au #34,966. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around criez (IPA \kʁi.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,966 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for criez, with forms such as "ccriez", "cirez", and "creiz". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cris", "crue", "cruz", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is criez, spelled C-R-I-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de crier.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de crier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ne criez pas au drame supposé de votre sort : comment voudriez-vous qu’aucun ne s’en vînt au contraire émouvoir au point de trouver motif à rigolbocher s’il entend le dénouement de votre épopée fixe…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccriez
  • cirez
  • creiz
  • criezz
  • crize
  • crriez
  • rciez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccriez1cirez2creiz2criezz1crize2crriez1rciez2
Edit distance from "criez"

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 "criez"?
"criez" is spelled C-R-I-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁi.je\.
What does "criez" mean?
As a verb, "criez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de crier.
What words are commonly confused with "criez"?
"criez" is commonly confused with "Cris", "crue", "cruz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "criez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "criez" is \kʁi.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "criez" come from?
"criez" 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 "criez", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list