cornvscraTell them apart

Quick tell: corn is a noun, cra is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“corn” is a noun and “cra” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,103
“corn” frequency rank
#41,201
“cra” frequency rank
57304
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature corn cra
Definition Corne. très

Letter map: corn vs cra

Shared letters muted; letters that set corn and cra apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
corn
3 ch
cra

Role in the sentence - corn and cra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: corn is anoun and craanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

corn is recorded at frequency rank #16,103, classified as anoun. cra is at rank #41,201, tagged as anadv, pronounced \kʁa\.

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 57304, this pair ranks #115,868 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of corn vs cra

Shared letters: cr. Private to "corn": no. Private to "cra": a.

"corn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "cra" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cornccorn · conr · cornn · corrn · cron · ocrn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "corn" and "cra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "corn" is a noun and "cra" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "corn" or "cra"?
"corn" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,103 in our French list, against #41,201 for "cra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "corn" vs "cra" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "corn" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #115,868 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "corn" and "cra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciro vs cra". 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 #115,868 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