Which to use
“cheveu” and “crevée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,833
- “cheveu” frequency rank
- #33,626
- “crevée” frequency rank
- 49459
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cheveu | crevée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Filament organique synthétisé par l’épiderme du crâne humain. | Trouée, échancrure, déchirure. |
Where the eye mixes cheveu and crevée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cheveu and crevée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between cheveu and crevée
A purely visual mix-up. cheveu (\ʃə.vø\) and crevée (\kʁə.ve\) 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 49459, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cheveu is recorded at frequency rank #15,833, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃə.vø\. crevée is at rank #33,626, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁə.ve\.
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 49459, this pair ranks #170,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cheveu vs crevée
Shared letters: cev. Private to "cheveu": hu. Private to "crevée": ré.
"cheveu" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "crevée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cheveu ← ccheveu · cehveu · cheevu · chevue · chevveu · chheveu · chveeu · hceveu
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cheveu" and "crevée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cheveu" or "crevée"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cheveu" and "crevée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cheveu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crevée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cheveu" and "crevée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Clèves vs crevée". 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 #170,492 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.