CRCvsCSSWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#41,205
“CRC” frequency rank
#18,705
“CSS” frequency rank
59910
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature CRC CSS
Definition Outil logiciel permettant de détecter les erreurs de transmission ou de transfert des données. Séquence d’instructions de rendu visuel, auditif ou tactile d’une ressource HTML ou XML.

Letter map: CRC vs CSS

Shared letters muted; letters that set CRC and CSS apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
CRC
3 ch
CSS

Spelling & dictionary notes on CRC vs CSS

CRC and CSS 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59910, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

CRC is recorded at frequency rank #41,205, classified as anoun. CSS is at rank #18,705, tagged as anoun, pronounced \se ɛ.s‿ɛs\.

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 59910, this pair ranks #100,506 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of CRC vs CSS

Shared letters: c. Private to "CRC": r. Private to "CSS": s.

"CRC" · 3 letters · shape CCC  ·  "CSS" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "CRC" and "CSS" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary French text, does "CRC" or "CSS" show up more?
"CSS" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,705 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.

What to do next

Pair "CRC" vs "CSS" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "CRC" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "CSS" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #100,506 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "CRC" and "CSS" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciro vs CRC". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #100,506 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