Which to use
“criée” and “Cries” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,260
- “criée” frequency rank
- #28,505
- “Cries” frequency rank
- 65765
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | criée | Cries |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Proclamation pour annoncer la vente des biens en justice. | Pluriel de Crie. |
Where the eye mixes criée and Cries
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. criée (\kʁi.je\) and Cries (\kʁi\) 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 65765, 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\. Cries is at rank #28,505, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁi\.
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 65765, this pair ranks #70,881 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of criée vs Cries
Shared letters: ceir. Private to "criée": é. Private to "Cries": s.
"criée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV · "Cries" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Cries ← ccries · cires · creis · crries · rcies