Which to use
“craignent” and “craignons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,943
- “craignent” frequency rank
- #40,701
- “craignons” frequency rank
- 53644
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | craignent | craignons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de craindre. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de craindre. |
Where the eye mixes craignent and craignons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. craignent and craignons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between craignent and craignons
A purely visual mix-up. craignent (\kʁɛɲ\) 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 53644, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
craignent is recorded at frequency rank #12,943, classified as averb, pronounced \kʁɛɲ\. 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 53644, this pair ranks #139,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of craignent vs craignons
Shared letters: acginr. Private to "craignent": et. Private to "craignons": os.
"craignent" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVCC · "craignons" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "craignent" for "craignons" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "craignent" or "craignons" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "craignent" and "craignons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "craignent" 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 #139,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "craignent" and "craignons" 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 #139,348 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.