crin

\kʁɛ̃\

/\kʁɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“crin” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,257. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,257
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poil long et rude qui pousse au cou, à la queue et aux extrémités inférieures des membres de certains animaux et spécialement des chevaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crin · crin · French

crin · rank #42,257 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,257
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH crest

Nearest frequency peer: crest (-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 « crin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « crin » 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).

crin vs cru
50% similar
crin vs CRS
0% similar
crin vs cry
50% similar

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

Key facts for crin
PropertyValue
Headwordcrin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁɛ̃\
Letters4
Frequency rank#42,257
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crin »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).crinse 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 « crest » (#42,256), « crac » (#42,255), « couvraient » (#42,254). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crin » est au #42,257. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around crin (IPA \kʁɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,257 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for crin, with forms such as "ccrin", "cirn", and "crinn". 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, "cru", "CRS", "cry", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is crin, spelled C-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poil long et rude qui pousse au cou, à la queue et aux extrémités inférieures des membres de certains animaux et spécialement des chevaux.
  2. 2
    Cheveu, poil de barbe, poil.
  3. 3
    Matière composée de fibres animales ou végétales, typiquement utilisée en rembourrage ou pour le mèche d'un archet d'instrument à cordes frottées.
  4. 4
    Plaie ouverte ou entaille à la tête.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les crins de cheval servent à faire certains tissus, en particulier pour cribles et tamis, pour presses employées dans la fabrication du cidre, pour portefeuilles, sacs de voyages, coiffes de chapeaux, pour la bourrellerie et la carrosserie, pour couvertures de sofa, coussins de wagons, tapis, etc.
  2. Et puis, il a desserré peu à peu le crin, dégagé le cou. Il s’est assuré que la bête est indemne, la strangulation inefficace encore.

This word in other languages

horsehair(English)Rosshaar(Deutsch)crina(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrin
  • cirn
  • crinn
  • crni
  • crrin
  • rcin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccrin1cirn2crinn1crni2crrin1rcin2
Edit distance from "crin"

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 "crin"?
"crin" is spelled C-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɛ̃\.
What does "crin" mean?
As a noun, "crin" means: Poil long et rude qui pousse au cou, à la queue et aux extrémités inférieures des membres de certains animaux et spécialement des chevaux.
What words are commonly confused with "crin"?
"crin" is commonly confused with "cru", "CRS", "cry". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crin" is \kʁɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crin" come from?
"crin" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crac#42,255deng#42,277diet#42,281bore#42,194

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Dionne6 variantsemmena6 variantsAurel6 variantsflor6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list