Which to use
“clip” and “cri” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,413
- “clip” frequency rank
- #5,649
- “cri” frequency rank
- 10062
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clip | cri |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vidéo musicale, œuvre multimédia, principalement audiovisuelle et communément courte, réalisée pour promouvoir une chanson. | Action de crier, son perçant ou puissant émis par la voix d’un être humain ou d’un animal. |
Where the eye mixes clip and cri
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses clip with cri
A purely visual mix-up. clip (\klip\) and cri (\kʁi\) 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 10062, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clip is recorded at frequency rank #4,413, classified as anoun, pronounced \klip\. cri is at rank #5,649, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁi\.
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 10062, this pair ranks #414,351 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of clip vs cri
Shared letters: ci. Private to "clip": lp. Private to "cri": r.
"clip" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "cri" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- clip ← cclip · cilp · clipp · cllip · clpi · lcip
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clip" and "cri" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "clip" vs "cri" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "clip" and "cri" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clip" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cri" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,351 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clip" and "cri" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciro vs cri". 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 #414,351 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.