CraigvscroisWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#11,383
“Craig” frequency rank
#333
“crois” frequency rank
11716
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Craig crois
Definition Nom de famille anglophone. Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de croire.

Letter map: Craig vs crois

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

5 ch
Craig
5 ch
crois

Role in the sentence - Craig and crois

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Craig is aname and croisaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11716, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Craig is recorded at frequency rank #11,383, classified as aname. crois is at rank #333, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁwa\.

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 11716, this pair ranks #408,118 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Craig vs crois

Shared letters: cir. Private to "Craig": ag. Private to "crois": os.

"Craig" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC  ·  "crois" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Craigcarig · ccraig · cragi · craigg · criag · crraig · rcaig
  • croisccrois · coris · crios · croiss · crosi · crrois · rcois

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Craig" and "crois" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Craig" is a name and "crois" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Craig" or "crois"?
"crois" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #333 in our French list, against #11,383 for "Craig". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Craig" and "crois".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Craig" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #408,118 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Craig" and "crois" 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 #408,118 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