CraigvscrashWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Craig is a name, crash is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Craig” is a name and “crash” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,383
“Craig” frequency rank
#7,044
“crash” frequency rank
18427
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Craig crash
Definition Nom de famille anglophone. Atterrissage très brutal d’un avion le train rentré.

Letter map: Craig vs crash

Shared letters muted; letters that set Craig and crash apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Craig
5 ch
crash

Grammar separator: Craig vs crash

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Craig is aname and crashanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Craig is recorded at frequency rank #11,383, classified as aname. crash is at rank #7,044, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁaʃ\.

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 18427, this pair ranks #378,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Craig vs crash

Shared letters: acr. Private to "Craig": gi. Private to "crash": hs.

"Craig" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC  ·  "crash" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Craigcarig · ccraig · cragi · craigg · criag · crraig · rcaig
  • crashcarsh · ccrash · crahs · crashh · crassh · crrash · crsah · rcash

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Craig" and "crash" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Craig" is a name and "crash" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Craig" or "crash" show up more?
"crash" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,044 in our French list, against #11,383 for "Craig". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Craig" and "crash". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Craig" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crash" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #378,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Craig" and "crash" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cai vs Craig". 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 #378,378 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