Which to use
“crache” and “crochet” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,347
- “crache” frequency rank
- #10,305
- “crochet” frequency rank
- 22652
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crache | crochet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rejet de métal en fusion par l'avant d'une tuyère. | Petit morceau de métal recourbé servant à accrocher ou attacher quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes crache and crochet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. crache runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against crochet's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: crache vs crochet
A purely visual mix-up. crache (\kʁaʃ\) and crochet (\kʁɔ.ʃɛ\) 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 22652, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crache is recorded at frequency rank #12,347, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁaʃ\. crochet is at rank #10,305, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɔ.ʃɛ\.
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 22652, this pair ranks #356,831 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of crache vs crochet
Shared letters: cehr. Private to "crache": a. Private to "crochet": ot.
"crache" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "crochet" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "crache" and "crochet" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "crache" vs "crochet" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "crache" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crochet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,831 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crache" and "crochet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coaches vs crache". 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 #356,831 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.