Which to use
“criée” and “crime” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,260
- “criée” frequency rank
- #1,907
- “crime” frequency rank
- 39167
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | criée | crime |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Proclamation pour annoncer la vente des biens en justice. | Infraction très grave, à la morale ou à la loi. |
Where the eye mixes criée and crime
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. criée (\kʁi.je\) and crime (\kʁim\) 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 a single letter - é in “criée” becomes m in “crime”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39167, 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\. crime is at rank #1,907, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁim\.
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 39167, this pair ranks #249,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of criée vs crime
Shared letters: ceir. Private to "criée": é. Private to "crime": m.
"criée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV · "crime" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- crime ← ccrime · cirme · criem · crimme · crmie · crrime · rcime