Which to use
“cravate” is an adjective and “cravates” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,025
- “cravate” frequency rank
- #32,767
- “cravates” frequency rank
- 43792
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cravate | cravates |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Croate, de Croatie. | Pluriel de cravate. |
Same sound, different letters: cravate vs cravates
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. cravate runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against cravates's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - cravate / cravates
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: cravate and cravates carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kʁa.vat\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cravate” sits inside “cravates”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43792, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cravate is recorded at frequency rank #11,025, classified as anadj, pronounced \kʁa.vat\. cravates is at rank #32,767, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁa.vat\.
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 43792, this pair ranks #215,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cravate vs cravates
Shared letters: acertv. Private to "cravate": -. Private to "cravates": s.
"cravate" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "cravates" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cravate" and "cravates" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cravate" vs "cravates" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "cravate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cravates" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #215,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cravate" and "cravates" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cravache vs cravate". 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 #215,365 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.