cravscropConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#41,201
“cra” frequency rank
#27,026
“crop” frequency rank
68227
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cra crop
Definition très Redécoupage ou recadrage d'une photo ou d'une image virtuelle.

Letter map: cra vs crop

Shared letters muted; letters that set cra and crop apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. cra runs 3 letters (CCV) against crop's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
cra
4 ch
crop

Role in the sentence - cra and crop

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cra is anadverb and cropanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68227, 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\. crop is at rank #27,026, 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 68227, this pair ranks #60,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cra vs crop

Shared letters: cr. Private to "cra": a. Private to "crop": op.

"cra" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "crop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • crop ← ccrop · cropp · crpo · crrop · rcop

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cra" for "crop" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cra" is an adverb and "crop" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cra" vs "crop" - which ranks higher?
"crop" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,026 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crop" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cra" and "crop" 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 #60,017 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