choquantvscraquantConfusable pair

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

#11,928
“choquant” frequency rank
#39,245
“craquant” frequency rank
51173
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature choquant craquant
Definition Qui offense, qui déplaît par son immoralité ou son inconvenance. Qui craque, fait crac.

Letter map: choquant vs craquant

Shared letters muted; letters that set choquant and craquant apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

8 ch
choquant
8 ch
craquant

Corpus notes: choquant and craquant

choquant and craquant 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51173, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

choquant is recorded at frequency rank #11,928, classified as anadj. craquant is at rank #39,245, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kʁa.kɑ̃\.

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 51173, this pair ranks #157,022 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of choquant vs craquant

Shared letters: acnqtu. Private to "choquant": ho. Private to "craquant": r.

"choquant" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCC  ·  "craquant" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • choquantcchoquant · chhoquant · choqaunt · choqquant · choquannt · choquantt · choquatn · choqunat
  • craquantcarquant · ccraquant · craqaunt · craqquant · craquannt · craquantt · craquatn · craqunat

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "choquant" and "craquant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "choquant" vs "craquant" - which ranks higher?
"choquant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,928 in our French list, against #39,245 for "craquant". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "choquant" vs "craquant" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "choquant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "craquant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #157,022 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "choquant" and "craquant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crachant vs craquant". 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 #157,022 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