Which to use
“criée” is a noun and “croie” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,260
- “criée” frequency rank
- #23,159
- “croie” frequency rank
- 60419
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | criée | croie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Proclamation pour annoncer la vente des biens en justice. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de croire. |
Where the eye mixes criée and croie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: criée is \kʁi.je\ while croie is \kʁwa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60419, 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\. croie is at rank #23,159, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁwa\.
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 60419, this pair ranks #97,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of criée vs croie
Shared letters: ceir. Private to "criée": é. Private to "croie": o.
"criée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV · "croie" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- croie ← ccroie · corie · crioe · croei · crroie · rcoie