Which to use
“citer” and “crier” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,596
- “citer” frequency rank
- #4,478
- “crier” frequency rank
- 8074
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | citer | crier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Assigner à comparaître devant une juridiction civile ou religieuse. | Jeter un ou plusieurs cris. |
Where the eye mixes citer and crier
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: citer vs crier
A purely visual mix-up. citer (\si.te\) and crier (\kʁi.je\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
citer is recorded at frequency rank #3,596, classified as averb, pronounced \si.te\. crier is at rank #4,478, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁi.je\.
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 8074, this pair ranks #421,222 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of citer vs crier
Shared letters: ceir. Private to "citer": t. Private to "crier": -.
"citer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "crier" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "citer" for "crier" ever safe?
Frequency check: "citer" vs "crier" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "citer" and "crier" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "citer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #421,222 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "citer" and "crier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crier vs cruiser". 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 #421,222 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.