Which to use
“criée” and “crique” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,260
- “criée” frequency rank
- #32,361
- “crique” frequency rank
- 69621
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | criée | crique |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Proclamation pour annoncer la vente des biens en justice. | Petite baie, partie du rivage qui forme dans les terres un enfoncement où de petits bateaux peuvent se mettre à l’abri. |
Where the eye mixes criée and crique
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. criée runs 5 letters (CCVVV) against crique's 6 (CCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: criée vs crique
A purely visual mix-up. criée (\kʁi.je\) and crique (\kʁik\) 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 69621, 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\. crique is at rank #32,361, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁik\.
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 69621, this pair ranks #54,450 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of criée vs crique
Shared letters: ceir. Private to "criée": é. Private to "crique": qu.
"criée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV · "crique" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- crique ← ccrique · criqeu · criqque · criuqe · crqiue · crrique · rcique
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "criée" and "crique" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "criée" or "crique" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "criée" and "crique" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "criée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crique" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,450 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "criée" and "crique" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calée vs criée". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #54,450 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.