Which to use
“crevette” and “crevettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,533
- “crevette” frequency rank
- #15,116
- “crevettes” frequency rank
- 39649
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crevette | crevettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit crustacé décapode comestible qu’on pêche sur le bord de la mer ou en eau douce. | Pluriel de crevette. |
Same sound, different letters: crevette vs crevettes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. crevette runs 8 letters (CCVCVCCV) against crevettes's 9 (CCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: crevette vs crevettes
This is the hard kind. crevette and crevettes are pronounced identically (\kʁə.vɛt\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “crevette” sits inside “crevettes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39649, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crevette is recorded at frequency rank #24,533, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁə.vɛt\. crevettes is at rank #15,116, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁə.vɛt\.
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 39649, this pair ranks #246,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crevette vs crevettes
Shared letters: certv. Private to "crevette": -. Private to "crevettes": s.
"crevette" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV · "crevettes" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crevette" for "crevettes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "crevette" vs "crevettes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "crevette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crevettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #246,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crevette" and "crevettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crevée vs crevette". 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 #246,397 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.