cocuvsCRCWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: cocu is a adjective, CRC is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cocu” is an adjective and “CRC” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,931
“cocu” frequency rank
#41,205
“CRC” frequency rank
67136
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cocu CRC
Definition Dupé, trompé, victime d’infidélité conjugale. Outil logiciel permettant de détecter les erreurs de transmission ou de transfert des données.

Letter map: cocu vs CRC

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

4 ch
cocu
3 ch
CRC

Role in the sentence - cocu and CRC

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cocu is anadjective and CRCanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67136, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cocu is recorded at frequency rank #25,931, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ky\. 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 67136, this pair ranks #64,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cocu vs CRC

Shared letters: c. Private to "cocu": ou. Private to "CRC": r.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cocuccocu · ccou · coccu · couc · occu

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cocu" for "CRC" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cocu" is an adjective and "CRC" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cocu" or "CRC"?
"cocu" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,931 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.

What to do next

Pair "cocu" vs "CRC" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cocu" 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 #64,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cocu" 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 #64,722 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