Which to use
“craque” and “krach” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,897
- “craque” frequency rank
- #35,116
- “krach” frequency rank
- 50013
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | craque | krach |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mensonge. | Désastre boursier, chute soudaine de la bourse. |
Same sound, different letters: craque vs krach
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 2 letters. craque runs 6 letters (CCVCVV) against krach's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - craque and krach
This is the hard kind. craque and krach are pronounced identically (\kʁak\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
craque is recorded at frequency rank #14,897, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁak\. krach is at rank #35,116, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁak\.
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 50013, this pair ranks #165,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of craque vs krach
Shared letters: acr. Private to "craque": equ. Private to "krach": hk.
"craque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "krach" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "craque" and "krach" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "craque" vs "krach" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "craque" / "krach". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "craque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "krach" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #165,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "craque" and "krach" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crac vs krach". 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 #165,977 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.