Which to use
“craint” is a verb and “crin” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,477
- “craint” frequency rank
- #42,257
- “crin” frequency rank
- 46734
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | craint | crin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de craindre. | Poil long et rude qui pousse au cou, à la queue et aux extrémités inférieures des membres de certains animaux et spécialement des chevaux. |
Same sound, different letters: craint vs crin
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. craint runs 6 letters (CCVVCC) against crin's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - craint and crin
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: craint and crin carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kʁɛ̃\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
craint is recorded at frequency rank #4,477, classified as averb, pronounced \kʁɛ̃\. crin is at rank #42,257, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɛ̃\.
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 46734, this pair ranks #192,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of craint vs crin
Shared letters: cinr. Private to "craint": at. Private to "crin": -.
"craint" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC · "crin" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "craint" and "crin" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "craint" or "crin"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "craint" / "crin". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "craint" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "craint" and "crin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coon vs crin". 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 #192,546 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.