Which to use
“crêpe” and “crevée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,798
- “crêpe” frequency rank
- #33,626
- “crevée” frequency rank
- 53424
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crêpe | crevée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Étoffe claire, légère et comme frisée, faite de laine fine ou de soie crue et gommée. | Trouée, échancrure, déchirure. |
Where the eye mixes crêpe and crevée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. crêpe runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against crevée's 6 (CCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: crêpe vs crevée
A purely visual mix-up. crêpe (\kʁɛp\) and crevée (\kʁə.ve\) 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 53424, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crêpe is recorded at frequency rank #19,798, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁɛp\. crevée is at rank #33,626, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁə.ve\.
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 53424, this pair ranks #140,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crêpe vs crevée
Shared letters: cer. Private to "crêpe": pê. Private to "crevée": vé.
"crêpe" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "crevée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crêpe" and "crevée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "crêpe" or "crevée" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "crêpe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crevée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #140,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crêpe" and "crevée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Clèves vs crevée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #140,827 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.