Which to use
“cast” and “craft” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,476
- “cast” frequency rank
- #37,258
- “craft” frequency rank
- 65734
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cast | craft |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Synonyme de transtypage. | Recette permettant de fabriquer un objet. |
Where the eye mixes cast and craft
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cast runs 4 letters (CVCC) against craft's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cast and craft
A purely visual mix-up. cast (\kast\) 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 65734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cast is recorded at frequency rank #28,476, classified as anoun, pronounced \kast\. 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 65734, this pair ranks #71,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cast vs craft
Shared letters: act. Private to "cast": s. Private to "craft": fr.
"cast" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "craft" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cast" and "craft" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cast" vs "craft" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cast" and "craft" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cast" 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 #71,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cast" and "craft" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "craft vs crau". 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 #71,017 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.