Which to use
“crac” is an onomatopoeia and “cura” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,255
- “crac” frequency rank
- #46,093
- “cura” frequency rank
- 88348
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crac | cura |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Exprime le bruit que font certains corps, durs, secs et solides, soit en se frottant violemment, soit en éclatant. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de curer. |
Where the eye mixes crac and cura
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. crac (CCVC) and cura (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between crac and cura
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: crac is \kʁak\ while cura is \ky.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (onomatopoeia vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88348, 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\. cura is at rank #46,093, tagged as averb, pronounced \ky.ʁa\.
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 88348, this pair ranks #7,109 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crac vs cura
Shared letters: acr. Private to "crac": -. Private to "cura": u.
"crac" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "cura" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crac" for "cura" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "crac" or "cura" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "crac" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,109 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crac" and "cura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cura 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 #7,109 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.