cocavsCRCWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“coca” and “CRC” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,799
“coca” frequency rank
#41,205
“CRC” frequency rank
49004
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coca CRC
Definition Plante d’Amérique du Sud de la famille des érythroxylacées utilisée par les populations locales, comme plante médicinale et pour fabriquer la cocaïne, dont les feuilles, mâchées par les courriers, les voyageurs, les mineurs, leur permettent de rester un jour ou deux sans prendre d'aliments solides ou liquides. Outil logiciel permettant de détecter les erreurs de transmission ou de transfert des données.

Letter map: coca vs CRC

Shared letters muted; letters that set coca and CRC apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
coca
3 ch
CRC

Pair insight - coca / CRC

coca and CRC are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49004, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coca is recorded at frequency rank #7,799, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ka\. CRC is at rank #41,205, tagged as anoun.

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 49004, this pair ranks #174,269 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of coca vs CRC

Shared letters: c. Private to "coca": ao. Private to "CRC": r.

"coca" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "CRC" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cocaccoa · ccoca · coac · cocca · occa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "coca" for "CRC" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "coca" or "CRC"?
"coca" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,799 in our French list, against #41,205 for "CRC". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "coca" and "CRC".

  • Full dictionary entry for "coca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "CRC" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #174,269 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coca" and "CRC" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciro vs CRC". 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 #174,269 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list