Which to use
“carafe” and “craft” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,851
- “carafe” frequency rank
- #37,258
- “craft” frequency rank
- 73109
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carafe | craft |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de bouteille de verre ou de cristal, avec ou sans bouchon, plus large par le bas que par le haut, qui sert principalement à contenir l’eau et quelquefois le vin ou les liqueurs que l’on sert à table. | Recette permettant de fabriquer un objet. |
Where the eye mixes carafe and craft
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. carafe runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against craft's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses carafe with craft
A purely visual mix-up. carafe (\ka.ʁaf\) and craft (\kʁaft\) 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 73109, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carafe is recorded at frequency rank #35,851, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.ʁaf\. craft is at rank #37,258, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁaft\.
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 73109, this pair ranks #41,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of carafe vs craft
Shared letters: acfr. Private to "carafe": e. Private to "craft": t.
"carafe" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "craft" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "carafe" for "craft" ever safe?
Which is more common, "carafe" or "craft"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "carafe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "craft" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carafe" and "craft" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carafe vs curage". 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 #41,591 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.