Which to use
“cerise” and “criée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,360
- “cerise” frequency rank
- #37,260
- “criée” frequency rank
- 48620
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cerise | criée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fruit comestible du cerisier charnu, petit et sphérique et à la peau généralement rouge, qui est une drupe. | Proclamation pour annoncer la vente des biens en justice. |
Where the eye mixes cerise and criée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cerise runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against criée's 5 (CCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cerise vs criée
A purely visual mix-up. cerise (\sə.ʁiz\) and criée (\kʁi.je\) 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 48620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cerise is recorded at frequency rank #11,360, classified as anoun, pronounced \sə.ʁiz\. criée is at rank #37,260, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁi.je\.
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 48620, this pair ranks #177,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cerise vs criée
Shared letters: ceir. Private to "cerise": s. Private to "criée": é.
"cerise" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "criée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cerise ← ccerise · ceirse · ceries · cerisse · cerrise · cersie · creise · ecrise
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cerise" and "criée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cerise" or "criée"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cerise" and "criée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cerise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "criée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #177,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cerise" and "criée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calée vs criée". 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 #177,418 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.