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“choice” and “croce” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,944
“choice” frequency rank
#44,404
“croce” frequency rank
75348
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature choice croce
Definition Choix. Crosse.

Letter map: choice vs croce

Shared letters muted; letters that set choice and croce apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
choice
5 ch
croce

Corpus notes: choice and croce

choice and croce are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75348, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

choice is recorded at frequency rank #30,944, classified as anoun, pronounced \t͡ʃɔɪs\. croce is at rank #44,404, tagged as anoun.

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 75348, this pair ranks #34,347 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of choice vs croce

Shared letters: ceo. Private to "choice": hi. Private to "croce": r.

"choice" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV  ·  "croce" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • choicecchoice · chhoice · chioce · chocie · choicce · choiec · cohice · hcoice
  • croceccroce · corce · crcoe · crocce · croec · crroce · rcoce

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "choice" for "croce" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "choice" vs "croce" - which ranks higher?
"choice" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,944 in our French list, against #44,404 for "croce". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "choice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "croce" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #34,347 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "choice" and "croce" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE vs croce". 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 #34,347 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