Which to use
“cratère” and “cratères” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,496
- “cratère” frequency rank
- #38,233
- “cratères” frequency rank
- 57729
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cratère | cratères |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vase à deux anses, plus large que profond, d’une grande capacité, contenant du vin et de l’eau mêlés, dont on remplissait les coupes qu’on passait ensuite à chaque convive. | Pluriel de cratère. |
Same sound, different letters: cratère vs cratères
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: cratère vs cratères
This is the hard kind. cratère and cratères are pronounced identically (\kʁa.tɛʁ\) 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) - “cratère” sits inside “cratères”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cratère is recorded at frequency rank #19,496, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁa.tɛʁ\. cratères is at rank #38,233, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁa.tɛʁ\.
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 57729, this pair ranks #113,309 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cratère vs cratères
Shared letters: acertè. Private to "cratère": -. Private to "cratères": s.
"cratère" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "cratères" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"cratère" and "cratères" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cratère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cratères" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #113,309 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cratère" and "cratères" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cratères vs critère". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #113,309 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.