Which to use
“clins” and “crans” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,695
- “clins” frequency rank
- #41,202
- “crans” frequency rank
- 70897
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clins | crans |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de clin. | Pluriel de cran. |
Where the eye mixes clins and crans
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. clins and crans follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between clins and crans
A purely visual mix-up. clins (\klɛ̃\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70897, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clins is recorded at frequency rank #29,695, classified as anoun, pronounced \klɛ̃\. 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 70897, this pair ranks #49,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clins vs crans
Shared letters: cns. Private to "clins": il. Private to "crans": ar.
"clins" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "crans" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "clins" for "crans" ever safe?
Which is more common, "clins" or "crans"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "clins" and "crans" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clins" 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 #49,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clins" 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 #49,566 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.