Which to use
“criée” is a noun and “crier” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,260
- “criée” frequency rank
- #4,478
- “crier” frequency rank
- 41738
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | criée | crier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Proclamation pour annoncer la vente des biens en justice. | Jeter un ou plusieurs cris. |
Same sound, different letters: criée vs crier
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: criée and crier carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kʁi.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41738, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
criée is recorded at frequency rank #37,260, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁi.je\. crier is at rank #4,478, tagged as averb, 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 41738, this pair ranks #230,857 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of criée vs crier
Shared letters: ceir. Private to "criée": é. Private to "crier": -.
"criée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV · "crier" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- crier ← ccrier · creir · crierr · crire · crrier · rcier