Which to use
“cracher” and “cramer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,478
- “cracher” frequency rank
- #16,850
- “cramer” frequency rank
- 27328
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cracher | cramer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Projeter par la bouche de la salive, de la pituite ou toute autre mucosité des voies respiratoires. | Quelque chose crame : brûler, se consumer, roussir par l’action du feu ou d’un excès de chaleur. |
Where the eye mixes cracher and cramer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cracher vs cramer
A purely visual mix-up. cracher (\kʁa.ʃe\) and cramer (\kʁa.me\) 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 27328, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cracher is recorded at frequency rank #10,478, classified as averb, pronounced \kʁa.ʃe\. cramer is at rank #16,850, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁa.me\.
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 27328, this pair ranks #329,691 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cracher vs cramer
Shared letters: acer. Private to "cracher": h. Private to "cramer": m.
"cracher" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "cramer" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cracher" for "cramer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cracher" vs "cramer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cracher" and "cramer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cracher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cramer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #329,691 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cracher" and "cramer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clameur vs cramer". 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 #329,691 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.