Which to use
“coït” and “crin” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,723
- “coït” frequency rank
- #42,257
- “crin” frequency rank
- 83980
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coït | crin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accouplement sexuel. | Poil long et rude qui pousse au cou, à la queue et aux extrémités inférieures des membres de certains animaux et spécialement des chevaux. |
Where the eye mixes coït and crin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. coït (CVCC) and crin (CCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses coït with crin
A purely visual mix-up. coït (\kɔ.it\) and crin (\kʁɛ̃\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83980, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coït is recorded at frequency rank #41,723, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.it\. crin is at rank #42,257, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɛ̃\.
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 83980, this pair ranks #13,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of coït vs crin
Shared letters: c. Private to "coït": otï. Private to "crin": inr.
"coït" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "crin" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- crin ← ccrin · cirn · crinn · crni · crrin · rcin
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "coït" and "crin" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "coït" vs "crin" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "coït" and "crin" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "coït" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coït" and "crin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coon vs crin". 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 #13,821 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.