Which to use
“cade” is a noun and “crame” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,160
- “cade” frequency rank
- #35,887
- “crame” frequency rank
- 76047
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cade | crame |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Oxycèdre. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de cramer. |
Where the eye mixes cade and crame
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cade runs 4 letters (CVCV) against crame's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cade and crame
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cade is \kad\ while crame is \kʁam\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76047, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cade is recorded at frequency rank #40,160, classified as anoun, pronounced \kad\. crame is at rank #35,887, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁam\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 76047, this pair ranks #32,260 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cade vs crame
Shared letters: ace. Private to "cade": d. Private to "crame": mr.
"cade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "crame" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cade" for "crame" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cade" or "crame"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cade" and "crame" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crame" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,260 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cade" and "crame" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cade vs conde". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #32,260 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.