Which to use
“craignais” and “craignons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,548
- “craignais” frequency rank
- #40,701
- “craignons” frequency rank
- 71249
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | craignais | craignons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de craindre. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de craindre. |
Where the eye mixes craignais and craignons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. craignais (CCVVCCVVC) and craignons (CCVVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between craignais and craignons
A purely visual mix-up. craignais (\kʁɛ.ɲɛ\) and craignons (\kʁɛ.ɲɔ̃\) 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 71249, 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\. craignons is at rank #40,701, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁɛ.ɲɔ̃\.
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 71249, this pair ranks #48,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of craignais vs craignons
Shared letters: acginrs. Private to "craignais": -. Private to "craignons": o.
"craignais" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVVC · "craignons" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "craignais" and "craignons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "craignais" or "craignons" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "craignais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "craignons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "craignais" and "craignons" 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 #48,271 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.