Which to use
“creusé” is an adjective and “crisse” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,749
- “creusé” frequency rank
- #38,234
- “crisse” frequency rank
- 49983
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | creusé | crisse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (En parlant du visage ou de parties du visage) Empreint de creux, émacié. | ou Vaurien. |
Where the eye mixes creusé and crisse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. creusé (CCVVCV) and crisse (CCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: creusé vs crisse
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: creusé is \kʁø.ze\ while crisse is \kʁis\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49983, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
creusé is recorded at frequency rank #11,749, classified as anadj, pronounced \kʁø.ze\. crisse is at rank #38,234, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁis\.
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 49983, this pair ranks #166,242 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of creusé vs crisse
Shared letters: cers. Private to "creusé": ué. Private to "crisse": i.
"creusé" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "crisse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- crisse ← ccrisse · cirsse · crrisse · crsise · rcisse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "creusé" for "crisse" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "creusé" or "crisse" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "creusé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crisse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #166,242 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "creusé" and "crisse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crisse vs crosses". 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 #166,242 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.