Which to use
“criée” and “crise” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,260
- “criée” frequency rank
- #1,109
- “crise” frequency rank
- 38369
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | criée | crise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Proclamation pour annoncer la vente des biens en justice. | Changement en bien ou en mal qui survient dans le cours d’une maladie et s’annonce par quelques phénomènes particuliers, comme une excrétion abondante, une hémorragie considérable, des sueurs, un dépôt dans les urines, etc. |
Where the eye mixes criée and crise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. criée (\kʁi.je\) and crise (\kʁiz\) 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 s in “crise”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38369, 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\. crise is at rank #1,109, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁiz\.
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 38369, this pair ranks #255,734 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of criée vs crise
Shared letters: ceir. Private to "criée": é. Private to "crise": s.
"criée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV · "crise" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- crise ← ccrise · cirse · crrise · crsie · rcise