criez
\kʁi.je\
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
- cornu
cornu
65,038 corpus weight
- crasseux
crasseux
65,036 corpus weight
- criez
criez
65,035 corpus weight
- crossover
crossover
65,034 corpus weight
- crunch
crunch
65,033 corpus weight
- créons
créons
65,032 corpus weight
What this shows « criez » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | criez |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kʁi.je\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #34,966 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « criez »
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
- 1Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de crier.
- 2Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de crier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how criez appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.
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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).