Which to use
“crête” and “crypte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,944
- “crête” frequency rank
- #23,160
- “crypte” frequency rank
- 35104
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crête | crypte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Excroissance charnue que les coqs et quelques autres gallinacés ont sur leur tête. | Église souterraine où l’on a quelquefois enterré les morts. |
Where the eye mixes crête and crypte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: crête vs crypte
A purely visual mix-up. crête (\kʁɛt\) and crypte (\kʁipt\) 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 35104, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crête is recorded at frequency rank #11,944, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁɛt\. crypte is at rank #23,160, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁipt\.
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 35104, this pair ranks #279,151 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crête vs crypte
Shared letters: cert. Private to "crête": ê. Private to "crypte": py.
"crête" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "crypte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- crypte ← ccrypte · crpyte · crrypte · crypet · cryppte · cryptte · crytpe · cryypte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crête" and "crypte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "crête" or "crypte"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "crête" and "crypte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "crête" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crypte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #279,151 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crête" and "crypte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crypte vs cryptée". 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 #279,151 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.