Which to use
“crime” is a noun and “Crimée” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,907
- “crime” frequency rank
- #10,851
- “Crimée” frequency rank
- 12758
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crime | Crimée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Infraction très grave, à la morale ou à la loi. | Péninsule dans la mer Noire au sud de l’Ukraine et à l’ouest de la région du Kouban en Russie. |
Where the eye mixes crime and Crimée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between crime and Crimée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: crime is \kʁim\ while Crimée is \kʁi.me\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crime is recorded at frequency rank #1,907, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁim\. Crimée is at rank #10,851, tagged as aname, pronounced \kʁi.me\.
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 12758, this pair ranks #403,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of crime vs Crimée
Shared letters: ceimr. Private to "crime": -. Private to "Crimée": é.
"crime" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "Crimée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- crime ← ccrime · cirme · criem · crimme · crmie · crrime · rcime
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crime" and "Crimée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "crime" or "Crimée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "crime" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Crimée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crime" and "Crimée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Crimée vs crisse". 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 #403,886 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.