campovscrampeConfusable pair

Which to use

“campo” and “crampe” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,683
“campo” frequency rank
#35,888
“crampe” frequency rank
65571
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature campo crampe
Definition Place de Venise. Contraction spasmodique, douloureuse qui se fait sentir principalement à la jambe et au pied.

Where the eye mixes campo and crampe

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. campo runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against crampe's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
campo
6 ch
crampe

Why the eye confuses campo with crampe

A purely visual mix-up. campo (\kɑ̃.po\) and crampe (\kʁɑ̃p\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65571, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

campo is recorded at frequency rank #29,683, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɑ̃.po\. crampe is at rank #35,888, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɑ̃p\.

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 65571, this pair ranks #71,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of campo vs crampe

Shared letters: acmp. Private to "campo": o. Private to "crampe": er.

"campo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "crampe" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • campo ← acmpo · cammpo · camop · camppo · capmo · ccampo · cmapo
  • crampe ← carmpe · ccrampe · cramep · crammpe · cramppe · crapme · crmape · crrampe

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "campo" and "crampe" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\kɑ̃.po\ versus \kʁɑ̃p\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "campo" or "crampe"?
"campo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,683 in our French list, against #35,888 for "crampe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "campo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crampe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #71,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "campo" and "crampe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "campo vs canto". 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 #71,730 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list