Which to use
“crac” is an onomatopoeia and “crop” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,255
- “crac” frequency rank
- #27,026
- “crop” frequency rank
- 69281
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crac | crop |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Exprime le bruit que font certains corps, durs, secs et solides, soit en se frottant violemment, soit en éclatant. | Redécoupage ou recadrage d'une photo ou d'une image virtuelle. |
Letter map: crac vs crop
Shared letters muted; letters that set crac and crop apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. crac and crop follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for crac / crop
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: crac is anonomatopoeia and cropanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69281, 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\. 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 69281, this pair ranks #55,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crac vs crop
Shared letters: cr. Private to "crac": a. Private to "crop": op.
"crac" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "crop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crac" for "crop" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "crac" or "crop" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "crac" vs "crop" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "crac" 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 #55,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crac" and "crop" 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 #55,764 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.