Which to use
“Crimée” is a name and “crises” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,851
- “Crimée” frequency rank
- #5,854
- “crises” frequency rank
- 16705
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Crimée | crises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Péninsule dans la mer Noire au sud de l’Ukraine et à l’ouest de la région du Kouban en Russie. | Pluriel de crise. |
Where the eye mixes Crimée and crises
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Crimée vs crises
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Crimée is \kʁi.me\ while crises is \kʁiz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Crimée is recorded at frequency rank #10,851, classified as aname, pronounced \kʁi.me\. crises is at rank #5,854, 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 16705, this pair ranks #386,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Crimée vs crises
Shared letters: ceir. Private to "Crimée": mé. Private to "crises": s.
"Crimée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "crises" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- crises ← ccrises · cirses · criess · crisess · crisses · crrises · crsies · rcises
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "Crimée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #386,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Crimée" and "crises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crises vs cruiser". 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 #386,637 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.