Which to use
“circa” is a preposition and “CRC” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,230
- “circa” frequency rank
- #41,205
- “CRC” frequency rank
- 83435
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | circa | CRC |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | À peu près, aux environs de, vers. | Outil logiciel permettant de détecter les erreurs de transmission ou de transfert des données. |
Letter map: circa vs CRC
Shared letters muted; letters that set circa and CRC apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for circa / CRC
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: circa is apreposition and CRCanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83435, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
circa is recorded at frequency rank #42,230, classified as aprep, pronounced \siʁ.ka\. CRC is at rank #41,205, 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 83435, this pair ranks #14,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of circa vs CRC
Shared letters: cr. Private to "circa": ai. Private to "CRC": -.
"circa" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "CRC" · 3 letters · shape CCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- circa ← ccirca · cicra · cirac · circca · cirrca · crica · icrca
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "circa" for "CRC" ever safe?
Frequency check: "circa" vs "CRC" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "circa" and "CRC".
- Full dictionary entry for "circa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "CRC" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "circa" and "CRC" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "circa vs ciro". 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 #14,844 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.