Which to use
“crayons” is a noun and “croyons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,974
- “crayons” frequency rank
- #11,750
- “croyons” frequency rank
- 30724
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crayons | croyons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de crayon. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de croire. |
Where the eye mixes crayons and croyons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: crayons vs croyons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: crayons is \kʁɛ.jɔ̃\ while croyons is \kʁwa.jɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “crayons” becomes o in “croyons”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30724, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crayons is recorded at frequency rank #18,974, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁɛ.jɔ̃\. croyons is at rank #11,750, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁwa.jɔ̃\.
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 30724, this pair ranks #308,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crayons vs croyons
Shared letters: cnorsy. Private to "crayons": a. Private to "croyons": -.
"crayons" · 7 letters · shape CCVVVCC · "croyons" · 7 letters · shape CCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crayons" and "croyons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "crayons" or "croyons"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "crayons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "croyons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crayons" and "croyons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "canyons vs crayons". 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 #308,370 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.