Which to use
“craignais” and “craignant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,548
- “craignais” frequency rank
- #14,896
- “craignant” frequency rank
- 45444
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | craignais | craignant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de craindre. | Participe présent de craindre. |
Where the eye mixes craignais and craignant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. craignais (CCVVCCVVC) and craignant (CCVVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: craignais vs craignant
A purely visual mix-up. craignais (\kʁɛ.ɲɛ\) and craignant (\kʁɛ.ɲɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45444, 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\. craignant is at rank #14,896, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁɛ.ɲɑ̃\.
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 45444, this pair ranks #202,667 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of craignais vs craignant
Shared letters: acginr. Private to "craignais": s. Private to "craignant": t.
"craignais" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVVC · "craignant" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "craignais" and "craignant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "craignais" or "craignant" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "craignais" and "craignant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "craignais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "craignant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #202,667 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "craignais" and "craignant" 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 #202,667 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.