Which to use
“crau” and “cry” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,959
- “crau” frequency rank
- #22,822
- “cry” frequency rank
- 67781
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crau | cry |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plaine semée de pierres et de galets arrondis, couverte d’une steppe propice aux activités pastorales. | Cri. |
Where the eye mixes crau and cry
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: crau vs cry
A purely visual mix-up. crau (\kʁo\) and cry (\ˈkɹaɪ\) 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 67781, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crau is recorded at frequency rank #44,959, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁo\. cry is at rank #22,822, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈkɹaɪ\.
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 67781, this pair ranks #61,954 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crau vs cry
Shared letters: cr. Private to "crau": au. Private to "cry": y.
"crau" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "cry" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- crau ← caru · ccrau · crrau · crua · rcau
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crau" and "cry" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "crau" or "cry" 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 "crau" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cry" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,954 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crau" and "cry" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chah vs crau". 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 #61,954 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.