Which to use
“crabe” and “crible” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,915
- “crabe” frequency rank
- #27,390
- “crible” frequency rank
- 45305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crabe | crible |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Crustacé décapode, à large carapace, dont on mange la chair. | Instrument percé d’un grand nombre de trous qui sert à trier des objets de grosseur ou de qualité inégales, en laissant passer les uns et en repoussant les autres. |
Where the eye mixes crabe and crible
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between crabe and crible
A purely visual mix-up. crabe (\kʁab\) and crible (\kʁibl\) 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 45305, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crabe is recorded at frequency rank #17,915, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁab\. crible is at rank #27,390, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁibl\.
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 45305, this pair ranks #203,767 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crabe vs crible
Shared letters: bcer. Private to "crabe": a. Private to "crible": il.
"crabe" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "crible" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crabe" and "crible" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "crabe" or "crible" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "crabe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crible" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #203,767 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crabe" and "crible" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crabe vs curage". 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 #203,767 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.