craftvscritConfusable pair

Which to use

“craft” and “crit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#37,258
“craft” frequency rank
#32,770
“crit” frequency rank
70028
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature craft crit
Definition Recette permettant de fabriquer un objet. Cri.

Where the eye mixes craft and crit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
craft
4 ch
crit

Look-alike desk: craft vs crit

A purely visual mix-up. craft (\kʁaft\) and crit (\ˈkɾit\) 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 70028, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

craft is recorded at frequency rank #37,258, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁaft\. crit is at rank #32,770, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈkɾit\.

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 70028, this pair ranks #52,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of craft vs crit

Shared letters: crt. Private to "craft": af. Private to "crit": i.

"craft" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "crit" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • craftcarft · ccraft · crafft · craftt · cratf · crfat · crraft · rcaft
  • critccrit · cirt · critt · crrit · crti · rcit

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "craft" and "crit" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\kʁaft\ versus \ˈkɾit\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "craft" vs "crit" - which ranks higher?
"crit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,770 in our French list, against #37,258 for "craft". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "craft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "craft" and "crit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "craft vs crau". 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 #52,904 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list