Which to use
“clan” and “crans” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,412
- “clan” frequency rank
- #41,202
- “crans” frequency rank
- 45614
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clan | crans |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chez les Celtes, tribu formée d’un certain nombre de familles. | Pluriel de cran. |
Where the eye mixes clan and crans
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. clan runs 4 letters (CCVC) against crans's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: clan vs crans
A purely visual mix-up. clan (\klɑ̃\) and crans (\kʁɑ̃\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45614, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clan is recorded at frequency rank #4,412, classified as anoun, pronounced \klɑ̃\. crans is at rank #41,202, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɑ̃\.
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 45614, this pair ranks #201,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clan vs crans
Shared letters: acn. Private to "clan": l. Private to "crans": rs.
"clan" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "crans" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "clan" for "crans" ever safe?
Frequency check: "clan" vs "crans" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "clan" and "crans" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crans" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clan" and "crans" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCAS vs crans". 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 #201,369 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.