Which to use
“Crie” is a noun and “crois” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,488
- “Crie” frequency rank
- #333
- “crois” frequency rank
- 6821
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Crie | crois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Membre féminin de la nation crie. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de croire. |
Where the eye mixes Crie and crois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Crie runs 4 letters (CCVV) against crois's 5 (CCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Crie vs crois
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Crie is \kʁi\ while crois is \kʁwa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Crie is recorded at frequency rank #6,488, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁi\. crois is at rank #333, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁwa\.
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 6821, this pair ranks #425,122 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Crie vs crois
Shared letters: cir. Private to "Crie": e. Private to "crois": os.
"Crie" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "crois" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Crie" and "crois" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "Crie" or "crois"?
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 "Crie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,122 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Crie" and "crois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE vs Crie". 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 #425,122 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.