ChadvscraWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#18,430
“Chad” frequency rank
#41,201
“cra” frequency rank
59631
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Chad cra
Definition Prénom masculin. très

Letter map: Chad vs cra

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

4 ch
Chad
3 ch
cra

Part-of-speech tell for Chad / cra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Chad is aname and craanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Chad is recorded at frequency rank #18,430, classified as aname. 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 59631, this pair ranks #102,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Chad vs cra

Shared letters: ac. Private to "Chad": dh. Private to "cra": r.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Chadcahd · cchad · chadd · chda · chhad · hcad

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Chad" for "cra" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Chad" is a name and "cra" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Chad" or "cra" show up more?
"Chad" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,430 in our French list, against #41,201 for "cra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Chad" and "cra".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Chad" 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 #102,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Chad" and "cra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciro vs cra". 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 #102,077 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