Which to use
“cramer” and “craquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,850
- “cramer” frequency rank
- #9,144
- “craquer” frequency rank
- 25994
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cramer | craquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Quelque chose crame : brûler, se consumer, roussir par l’action du feu ou d’un excès de chaleur. | Produire un bruit sec par le frottement, par l’éclatement ou par la désorganisation de ses éléments. |
Where the eye mixes cramer and craquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cramer vs craquer
A purely visual mix-up. cramer (\kʁa.me\) and craquer (\kʁa.ke\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cramer is recorded at frequency rank #16,850, classified as averb, pronounced \kʁa.me\. craquer is at rank #9,144, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁa.ke\.
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 25994, this pair ranks #337,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cramer vs craquer
Shared letters: acer. Private to "cramer": m. Private to "craquer": qu.
"cramer" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "craquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cramer" and "craquer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cramer" or "craquer" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cramer" and "craquer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cramer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "craquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #337,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cramer" and "craquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clameur vs cramer". 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 #337,696 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.