Which to use
“crack” and “cran” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,942
- “crack” frequency rank
- #10,304
- “cran” frequency rank
- 22246
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crack | cran |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cheval de course performant ayant remporté de nombreuses victoires. | Entaille qu’on fait à un corps dur pour accrocher ou arrêter quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes crack and cran
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: crack vs cran
A purely visual mix-up. crack (\kʁak\) and cran (\kʁɑ̃\) 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 22246, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crack is recorded at frequency rank #11,942, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁak\. cran is at rank #10,304, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɑ̃\.
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 22246, this pair ranks #359,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of crack vs cran
Shared letters: acr. Private to "crack": k. Private to "cran": n.
"crack" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "cran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "crack" and "cran" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "crack" or "cran" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "crack" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cran" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #359,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crack" and "cran" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crack 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 #359,058 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.