Which to use
“clip” and “cria” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,413
- “clip” frequency rank
- #39,731
- “cria” frequency rank
- 44144
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clip | cria |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vidéo musicale, œuvre multimédia, principalement audiovisuelle et communément courte, réalisée pour promouvoir une chanson. | Petit des camélidés d’Amérique : lama, alpaga, vigogne ou guanaco. |
Where the eye mixes clip and cria
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between clip and cria
A purely visual mix-up. clip (\klip\) and cria (\kʁi.ja\) 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 44144, 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\. cria is at rank #39,731, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁi.ja\.
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 44144, this pair ranks #212,719 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clip vs cria
Shared letters: ci. Private to "clip": lp. Private to "cria": ar.
"clip" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "cria" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "clip" for "cria" ever safe?
Which is more common, "clip" or "cria"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "clip" and "cria" 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 "cria" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,719 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clip" and "cria" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carina vs cria". 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 #212,719 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.