Which to use
“crew” and “crin” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,685
- “crew” frequency rank
- #42,257
- “crin” frequency rank
- 62942
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crew | crin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Groupe. | Poil long et rude qui pousse au cou, à la queue et aux extrémités inférieures des membres de certains animaux et spécialement des chevaux. |
Where the eye mixes crew and crin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. crew and crin follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between crew and crin
A purely visual mix-up. crew (\kʁu\) and crin (\kʁɛ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62942, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crew is recorded at frequency rank #20,685, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁu\. crin is at rank #42,257, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɛ̃\.
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 62942, this pair ranks #84,431 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crew vs crin
Shared letters: cr. Private to "crew": ew. Private to "crin": in.
"crew" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "crin" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crew" and "crin" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "crew" vs "crin" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "crew" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #84,431 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crew" and "crin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coon vs crin". 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 #84,431 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.