Which to use
“cohue” and “crue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,188
- “cohue” frequency rank
- #9,300
- “crue” frequency rank
- 49488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cohue | crue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom du lieu où les petites justices, dans quelques provinces, se tenaient. | Augmentation temporaire et généralement rapide du débit ou du niveau d’un cours d’eau, liée aux précipitations, à la fonte des neiges ou à d’autres apports. |
Where the eye mixes cohue and crue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cohue runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against crue's 4 (CCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cohue vs crue
A purely visual mix-up. cohue (\kɔ.y\) and crue (\kʁy\) 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 49488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cohue is recorded at frequency rank #40,188, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.y\. crue is at rank #9,300, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁy\.
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 49488, this pair ranks #170,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cohue vs crue
Shared letters: ceu. Private to "cohue": ho. Private to "crue": r.
"cohue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "crue" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cohue" and "crue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cohue" or "crue"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cohue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cohue" and "crue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cohue vs conde". 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 #170,219 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.