Which to use
“craie” and “craque” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,105
- “craie” frequency rank
- #14,897
- “craque” frequency rank
- 35002
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | craie | craque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Roche biogène de couleur blanche, constituée presque exclusivement de carbonate de calcium provenant essentiellement des débris de l’exosquelette de microorganismes planctoniques vivants au Crétacé. | Mensonge. |
Where the eye mixes craie and craque
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between craie and craque
A purely visual mix-up. craie (\kʁɛ\) and craque (\kʁak\) 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 35002, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
craie is recorded at frequency rank #20,105, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁɛ\. craque is at rank #14,897, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁak\.
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 35002, this pair ranks #279,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of craie vs craque
Shared letters: acer. Private to "craie": i. Private to "craque": qu.
"craie" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV · "craque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "craie" for "craque" ever safe?
Frequency check: "craie" vs "craque" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "craie" and "craque" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "craie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "craque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #279,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "craie" and "craque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "craie vs curage". 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 #279,871 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.