Which to use
“craignais” and “craignait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,548
- “craignais” frequency rank
- #15,843
- “craignait” frequency rank
- 46391
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | craignais | craignait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de craindre. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de craindre. |
Same sound, different letters: craignais vs craignait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. craignais and craignait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: craignais vs craignait
This is the hard kind. craignais and craignait are pronounced identically (\kʁɛ.ɲɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “craignais” becomes t in “craignait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46391, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
craignais is recorded at frequency rank #30,548, classified as averb, pronounced \kʁɛ.ɲɛ\. craignait is at rank #15,843, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁɛ.ɲɛ\.
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 46391, this pair ranks #195,336 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of craignais vs craignait
Shared letters: acginr. Private to "craignais": s. Private to "craignait": t.
"craignais" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVVC · "craignait" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "craignais" and "craignait" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "craignais" vs "craignait" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"craignais" and "craignait" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "craignais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "craignait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #195,336 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "craignais" and "craignait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "craignais vs craignons". 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 #195,336 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.