Which to use
“crampe” and “crampes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,888
- “crampe” frequency rank
- #23,500
- “crampes” frequency rank
- 59388
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crampe | crampes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contraction spasmodique, douloureuse qui se fait sentir principalement à la jambe et au pied. | Pluriel de crampe. |
Same sound, different letters: crampe vs crampes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. crampe runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against crampes's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - crampe and crampes
This is the hard kind. crampe and crampes are pronounced identically (\kʁɑ̃p\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “crampe” sits inside “crampes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59388, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crampe is recorded at frequency rank #35,888, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁɑ̃p\. crampes is at rank #23,500, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɑ̃p\.
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 59388, this pair ranks #103,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crampe vs crampes
Shared letters: acempr. Private to "crampe": -. Private to "crampes": s.
"crampe" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "crampes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crampe" and "crampes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "crampe" vs "crampes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"crampe" and "crampes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "crampe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crampes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crampe" and "crampes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crade vs crampe". 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 #103,445 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.