Which to use
“cra” is an adverb and “crame” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,201
- “cra” frequency rank
- #35,887
- “crame” frequency rank
- 77088
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cra | crame |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | très | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de cramer. |
Where the eye mixes cra and crame
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cra runs 3 letters (CCV) against crame's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cra and crame
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cra is \kʁa\ while crame is \kʁam\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “cra” sits inside “crame”, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77088, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cra is recorded at frequency rank #41,201, classified as anadv, pronounced \kʁa\. crame is at rank #35,887, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁam\.
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 77088, this pair ranks #29,347 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cra vs crame
Shared letters: acr. Private to "cra": -. Private to "crame": em.
"cra" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "crame" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- crame ← carme · ccrame · cramme · crmae · crrame · rcame
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cra" and "crame" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "cra" or "crame"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cra" and "crame" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crame" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,347 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cra" and "crame" 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 #29,347 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.