Which to use
“craignaient” and “craignent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,120
- “craignaient” frequency rank
- #12,943
- “craignent” frequency rank
- 41063
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | craignaient | craignent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de craindre. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de craindre. |
Where the eye mixes craignaient and craignent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. craignaient runs 11 letters (CCVVCCVVVCC) against craignent's 9 (CCVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: craignaient vs craignent
A purely visual mix-up. craignaient (\kʁɛ.ɲɛ\) and craignent (\kʁɛɲ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41063, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
craignaient is recorded at frequency rank #28,120, classified as averb, pronounced \kʁɛ.ɲɛ\. craignent is at rank #12,943, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁɛɲ\.
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 41063, this pair ranks #235,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of craignaient vs craignent
Shared letters: aceginrt. Private to "craignaient": -. Private to "craignent": -.
"craignaient" · 11 letters · shape CCVVCCVVVCC · "craignent" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- craignaient ← carignaient · ccraignaient · craginaient · craiganient · craiggnaient · craignaeint · craignaiennt · craignaientt
- craignent ← carignent · ccraignent · craginent · craigennt · craiggnent · craignennt · craignentt · craignetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "craignaient" for "craignent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "craignaient" or "craignent"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "craignaient" and "craignent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "craignaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "craignent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "craignaient" and "craignent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "craignaient vs craignais". 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 #235,801 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.