Which to use
“chaire” and “craie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,287
- “chaire” frequency rank
- #20,105
- “craie” frequency rank
- 29392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaire | craie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de tribune élevée et ordinairement surmontée d’un dais ou baldaquin dans laquelle se place le prêtre ou le pasteur pour prêcher, pour faire quelque lecture aux assistants, etc. | Roche biogène de couleur blanche, constituée presque exclusivement de carbonate de calcium provenant essentiellement des débris de l’exosquelette de microorganismes planctoniques vivants au Crétacé. |
Where the eye mixes chaire and craie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses chaire with craie
A purely visual mix-up. chaire (\ʃɛʁ\) and craie (\kʁɛ\) 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 29392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chaire is recorded at frequency rank #9,287, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛʁ\. craie is at rank #20,105, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɛ\.
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 29392, this pair ranks #316,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chaire vs craie
Shared letters: aceir. Private to "chaire": h. Private to "craie": -.
"chaire" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "craie" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "chaire" and "craie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "craie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #316,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chaire" and "craie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "craie vs curage". 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 #316,975 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.