Which to use
“crin” is a noun and “croie” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,257
- “crin” frequency rank
- #23,159
- “croie” frequency rank
- 65416
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crin | croie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Poil long et rude qui pousse au cou, à la queue et aux extrémités inférieures des membres de certains animaux et spécialement des chevaux. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de croire. |
Where the eye mixes crin and croie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. crin runs 4 letters (CCVC) against croie's 5 (CCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between crin and croie
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: crin is \kʁɛ̃\ while croie is \kʁwa\. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65416, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crin is recorded at frequency rank #42,257, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁɛ̃\. 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 65416, this pair ranks #72,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crin vs croie
Shared letters: cir. Private to "crin": n. Private to "croie": eo.
"crin" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "croie" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crin" for "croie" ever safe?
Which is more common, "crin" or "croie"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "crin" and "croie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "crin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "croie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crin" and "croie" 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 #72,430 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.