Which to use
“craignant” and “craignent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,896
- “craignant” frequency rank
- #12,943
- “craignent” frequency rank
- 27839
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | craignant | craignent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de craindre. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de craindre. |
Where the eye mixes craignant and craignent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. craignant and craignent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses craignant with craignent
A purely visual mix-up. craignant (\kʁɛ.ɲɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - a in “craignant” becomes e in “craignent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27839, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
craignant is recorded at frequency rank #14,896, classified as averb, pronounced \kʁɛ.ɲɑ̃\. 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 27839, this pair ranks #326,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of craignant vs craignent
Shared letters: acginrt. Private to "craignant": -. Private to "craignent": e.
"craignant" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVCC · "craignent" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "craignant" for "craignent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "craignant" vs "craignent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "craignant" and "craignent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "craignant" 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 #326,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "craignant" and "craignent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "craignant 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 #326,461 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.