Which to use
“crime” and “crin” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,907
- “crime” frequency rank
- #42,257
- “crin” frequency rank
- 44164
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crime | crin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Infraction très grave, à la morale ou à la loi. | 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 crime and crin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. crime runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against crin's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: crime vs crin
A purely visual mix-up. crime (\kʁim\) 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 44164, 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\. 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 44164, this pair ranks #212,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crime vs crin
Shared letters: cir. Private to "crime": em. Private to "crin": n.
"crime" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "crin" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crime" and "crin" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "crime" or "crin"?
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 "crin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crime" and "crin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coon vs crin". 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 #212,553 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.