Which to use
“crac” is an onomatopoeia and “craque” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,255
- “crac” frequency rank
- #14,897
- “craque” frequency rank
- 57152
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crac | craque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Exprime le bruit que font certains corps, durs, secs et solides, soit en se frottant violemment, soit en éclatant. | Mensonge. |
Same sound, different letters: crac vs craque
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - crac and craque
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: crac and craque carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kʁak\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anonomatopoeia, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57152, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crac is recorded at frequency rank #42,255, classified as anonomatopoeia, pronounced \kʁak\. craque is at rank #14,897, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁak\.
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 57152, this pair ranks #116,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crac vs craque
Shared letters: acr. Private to "crac": -. Private to "craque": equ.
"crac" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "craque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crac" for "craque" ever safe?
Which is more common, "crac" or "craque"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "crac" / "craque". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "crac" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "craque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crac" and "craque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crac vs croco". 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 #116,728 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.