Which to use
“cerise” and “crime” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,360
- “cerise” frequency rank
- #1,907
- “crime” frequency rank
- 13267
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cerise | crime |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fruit comestible du cerisier charnu, petit et sphérique et à la peau généralement rouge, qui est une drupe. | Infraction très grave, à la morale ou à la loi. |
Where the eye mixes cerise and crime
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cerise runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against crime's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cerise with crime
A purely visual mix-up. cerise (\sə.ʁiz\) and crime (\kʁim\) 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 13267, 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\. crime is at rank #1,907, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁim\.
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 13267, this pair ranks #401,739 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cerise vs crime
Shared letters: ceir. Private to "cerise": s. Private to "crime": m.
"cerise" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "crime" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cerise" and "crime" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cerise" or "crime"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cerise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crime" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,739 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cerise" and "crime" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cerise vs cese". 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 #401,739 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.