Which to use
“chaud” is an adjective and “crau” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,357
- “chaud” frequency rank
- #44,959
- “crau” frequency rank
- 46316
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaud | crau |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | De température plus haute que la normale, de température élevée. | Plaine semée de pierres et de galets arrondis, couverte d’une steppe propice aux activités pastorales. |
Where the eye mixes chaud and crau
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. chaud runs 5 letters (CCVVC) against crau's 4 (CCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between chaud and crau
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: chaud is \ʃo\ while crau is \kʁo\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46316, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chaud is recorded at frequency rank #1,357, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃo\. crau is at rank #44,959, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁo\.
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 46316, this pair ranks #195,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chaud vs crau
Shared letters: acu. Private to "chaud": dh. Private to "crau": r.
"chaud" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "crau" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chaud" and "crau" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "chaud" vs "crau" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "chaud" and "crau" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chaud" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crau" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #195,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chaud" and "crau" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chah vs crau". 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 #195,916 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.