Which to use
“campos” and “crampes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,414
- “campos” frequency rank
- #23,500
- “crampes” frequency rank
- 58914
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | campos | crampes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Congé accordé autrefois aux écoliers. | Pluriel de crampe. |
Where the eye mixes campos and crampes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. campos runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against crampes's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: campos vs crampes
A purely visual mix-up. campos (\kɑ̃.po\) and crampes (\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 58914, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
campos is recorded at frequency rank #35,414, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɑ̃.po\. crampes is at rank #23,500, 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 58914, this pair ranks #106,169 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of campos vs crampes
Shared letters: acmps. Private to "campos": o. Private to "crampes": er.
"campos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "crampes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "campos" and "crampes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "campos" or "crampes" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "campos" and "crampes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "campos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crampes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #106,169 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "campos" and "crampes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "campos vs compos". 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 #106,169 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.