Which to use
“criée” and “crin” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,260
- “criée” frequency rank
- #42,257
- “crin” frequency rank
- 79517
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | criée | crin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Proclamation pour annoncer la vente des biens en justice. | Poil long et rude qui pousse au cou, à la queue et aux extrémités inférieures des membres de certains animaux et spécialement des chevaux. |
Where the eye mixes criée and crin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. criée (\kʁi.je\) and crin (\kʁɛ̃\) 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 79517, 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\. crin is at rank #42,257, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɛ̃\.
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 79517, this pair ranks #23,091 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of criée vs crin
Shared letters: cir. Private to "criée": eé. Private to "crin": n.
"criée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV · "crin" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- crin ← ccrin · cirn · crinn · crni · crrin · rcin