Which to use
“criée” and “crim” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,260
- “criée” frequency rank
- #37,259
- “crim” frequency rank
- 74519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | criée | crim |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Proclamation pour annoncer la vente des biens en justice. | Criminel. |
Where the eye mixes criée and crim
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. criée (\kʁi.je\) and crim (\kɹɪm\) 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 74519, 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\. crim is at rank #37,259, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɹɪm\.
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 74519, this pair ranks #36,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of criée vs crim
Shared letters: cir. Private to "criée": eé. Private to "crim": m.
"criée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV · "crim" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- crim ← ccrim · cirm · crimm · crmi · crrim · rcim