Which to use
“crâne” and “Crie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,659
- “crâne” frequency rank
- #6,488
- “Crie” frequency rank
- 11147
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crâne | Crie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Assemblage des os de la tête, partie du squelette destinée à protéger l’encéphale. | Membre féminin de la nation crie. |
Where the eye mixes crâne and Crie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: crâne vs Crie
A purely visual mix-up. crâne (\kʁɑn\) and Crie (\kʁi\) 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 11147, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crâne is recorded at frequency rank #4,659, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁɑn\. Crie is at rank #6,488, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁi\.
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 11147, this pair ranks #410,282 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of crâne vs Crie
Shared letters: cer. Private to "crâne": nâ. Private to "Crie": i.
"crâne" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "Crie" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Crie ← ccrie · crei · crrie · rcie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crâne" for "Crie" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "crâne" or "Crie" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "crâne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Crie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,282 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crâne" and "Crie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE vs Crie". 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 #410,282 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.