craftvscroftConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#37,258
“craft” frequency rank
#39,733
“croft” frequency rank
76991
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature craft croft
Definition Recette permettant de fabriquer un objet. Petite exploitation agricole clôturée, comprenant une habitation.

Where the eye mixes craft and croft

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
craft
5 ch
croft

Visual trap between craft and croft

A purely visual mix-up. craft (\kʁaft\) and croft (\kɹɒft\) 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 a single letter - a in “craft” becomes o in “croft”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76991, 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\. croft is at rank #39,733, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɹɒft\.

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 76991, this pair ranks #29,600 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of craft vs croft

Shared letters: cfrt. Private to "craft": a. Private to "croft": o.

"craft" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "croft" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • craftcarft · ccraft · crafft · craftt · cratf · crfat · crraft · rcaft
  • croftccroft · corft · crfot · crofft · croftt · crotf · crroft · rcoft

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "craft" and "croft" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\kʁaft\ versus \kɹɒft\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "craft" vs "croft" - which ranks higher?
"craft" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,258 in our French list, against #39,733 for "croft". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "craft" and "croft" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "craft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "croft" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #29,600 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "craft" and "croft" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "croco vs croft". 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 #29,600 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