Which to use
“crible” and “criée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,390
- “crible” frequency rank
- #37,260
- “criée” frequency rank
- 64650
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crible | criée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Instrument percé d’un grand nombre de trous qui sert à trier des objets de grosseur ou de qualité inégales, en laissant passer les uns et en repoussant les autres. | Proclamation pour annoncer la vente des biens en justice. |
Where the eye mixes crible and criée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. crible runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against criée's 5 (CCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between crible and criée
A purely visual mix-up. crible (\kʁibl\) and criée (\kʁi.je\) 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 64650, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crible is recorded at frequency rank #27,390, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁibl\. criée is at rank #37,260, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁi.je\.
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 64650, this pair ranks #76,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crible vs criée
Shared letters: ceir. Private to "crible": bl. Private to "criée": é.
"crible" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "criée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- crible ← ccrible · cirble · crbile · cribble · cribel · criblle · crilbe · crrible
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crible" for "criée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "crible" vs "criée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "crible" and "criée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "crible" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "criée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crible" and "criée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calée vs criée". 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 #76,023 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.