Which to use
“crin” and “crow” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,257
- “crin” frequency rank
- #34,485
- “crow” frequency rank
- 76742
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crin | crow |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Corneille. |
Where the eye mixes crin and crow
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. crin and crow follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between crin and crow
A purely visual mix-up. crin (\kʁɛ̃\) and crow (\kɹəʊ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76742, 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\. crow is at rank #34,485, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɹəʊ\.
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 76742, this pair ranks #30,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crin vs crow
Shared letters: cr. Private to "crin": in. Private to "crow": ow.
"crin" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "crow" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "crin" and "crow" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "crin" or "crow" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "crin" and "crow" 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 "crow" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crin" and "crow" 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 #30,281 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.