Which to use
“cerise” and “crisse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,360
- “cerise” frequency rank
- #38,234
- “crisse” frequency rank
- 49594
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cerise | crisse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fruit comestible du cerisier charnu, petit et sphérique et à la peau généralement rouge, qui est une drupe. | ou Vaurien. |
Where the eye mixes cerise and crisse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cerise (CVCVCV) and crisse (CCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses cerise with crisse
A purely visual mix-up. cerise (\sə.ʁiz\) and crisse (\kʁis\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49594, 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\. crisse is at rank #38,234, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁis\.
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 49594, this pair ranks #169,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cerise vs crisse
Shared letters: ceirs. Private to "cerise": -. Private to "crisse": -.
"cerise" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "crisse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cerise" for "crisse" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cerise" or "crisse"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cerise" and "crisse" 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 "crisse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cerise" and "crisse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crisse vs crosses". 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 #169,370 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.