CCASvscraTell them apart

Quick tell: CCAS is a noun, cra is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“CCAS” is a noun and “cra” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,777
“CCAS” frequency rank
#41,201
“cra” frequency rank
88978
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature CCAS cra
Definition En France, centre chargé de l’action sociale dans une commune. très

Letter map: CCAS vs cra

Shared letters muted; letters that set CCAS and cra apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
CCAS
3 ch
cra

Role in the sentence - CCAS and cra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: CCAS is anoun and craanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88978, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

CCAS is recorded at frequency rank #47,777, classified as anoun. cra is at rank #41,201, tagged as anadv, pronounced \kʁa\.

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 88978, this pair ranks #6,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of CCAS vs cra

Shared letters: ac. Private to "CCAS": s. Private to "cra": r.

"CCAS" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "cra" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • CCAScacs · ccsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "CCAS" for "cra" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "CCAS" is a noun and "cra" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "CCAS" or "cra"?
"cra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,201 in our French list, against #47,777 for "CCAS". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "CCAS" vs "cra" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "CCAS" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "CCAS" and "cra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCAS vs CCE". 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 #6,324 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