CRCvscropConfusable pair

Which to use

“CRC” and “crop” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#41,205
“CRC” frequency rank
#27,026
“crop” frequency rank
68231
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature CRC crop
Definition Outil logiciel permettant de détecter les erreurs de transmission ou de transfert des données. Redécoupage ou recadrage d'une photo ou d'une image virtuelle.

Letter map: CRC vs crop

Shared letters muted; letters that set CRC and crop apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. CRC runs 3 letters (CCC) against crop's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
CRC
4 ch
crop

Spelling & dictionary notes on CRC vs crop

CRC and crop are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68231, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

CRC is recorded at frequency rank #41,205, classified as anoun. crop is at rank #27,026, tagged as anoun.

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 68231, this pair ranks #60,002 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of CRC vs crop

Shared letters: cr. Private to "CRC": -. Private to "crop": op.

"CRC" · 3 letters · shape CCC  ·  "crop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • crop ← ccrop · cropp · crpo · crrop · rcop

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "CRC" and "crop" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "CRC" vs "crop" - which ranks higher?
"crop" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,026 in our French list, against #41,205 for "CRC". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "CRC" and "crop". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "CRC" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crop" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,002 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "CRC" and "crop" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciro vs CRC". 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 #60,002 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list