Which to use
“chow” and “crow” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,281
- “chow” frequency rank
- #34,485
- “crow” frequency rank
- 63766
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chow | crow |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Suite de trois tuiles ordinaires. | Corneille. |
Where the eye mixes chow and crow
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. chow and crow follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: chow vs crow
A purely visual mix-up. chow (\tʃaw\) and crow (\kɹəʊ\) 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 a single letter - h in “chow” becomes r in “crow”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chow is recorded at frequency rank #29,281, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʃaw\. crow is at rank #34,485, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɹəʊ\.
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 63766, this pair ranks #80,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chow vs crow
Shared letters: cow. Private to "chow": h. Private to "crow": r.
"chow" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "crow" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chow" and "crow" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "chow" or "crow" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "chow" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crow" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chow" and "crow" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciro vs crow". 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 #80,318 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.