cecivsCRCWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: ceci is a pronoun, CRC is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ceci” is a pronoun and “CRC” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#959
“ceci” frequency rank
#41,205
“CRC” frequency rank
42164
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ceci CRC
Definition Pronom démonstratif neutre désignant un objet situé à proximité de la personne qui parle ou une image située à proximité du mot. Outil logiciel permettant de détecter les erreurs de transmission ou de transfert des données.

Letter map: ceci vs CRC

Shared letters muted; letters that set ceci and CRC apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ceci runs 4 letters (CVCV) against CRC's 3 (CCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
ceci
3 ch
CRC

Grammar separator: ceci vs CRC

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ceci is apronoun and CRCanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42164, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ceci is recorded at frequency rank #959, classified as apron, pronounced \sə.si\. CRC is at rank #41,205, tagged as anoun.

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 42164, this pair ranks #227,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ceci vs CRC

Shared letters: c. Private to "ceci": ei. Private to "CRC": r.

"ceci" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "CRC" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ceci ← cceci · ccei · cecci · ceic · ecci

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ceci" and "CRC" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ceci" is a pronoun and "CRC" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ceci" or "CRC"?
"ceci" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #959 in our French list, against #41,205 for "CRC". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "ceci" vs "CRC" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ceci" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "CRC" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #227,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ceci" and "CRC" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciro vs CRC". 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 #227,737 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