CrisvscuitsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Cris is a noun, cuits is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Cris” is a noun and “cuits” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,743
“Cris” frequency rank
#20,974
“cuits” frequency rank
25717
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Cris cuits
Definition Nation amérindienne établie au Canada, du nord du Québec à l’Alberta, de la grande famille des Algonquiens. Masculin pluriel de cuit.

Where the eye mixes Cris and cuits

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Cris
5 ch
cuits

Look-alike desk: Cris vs cuits

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Cris is \kʁi\ while cuits is \kɥi\. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25717, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Cris is recorded at frequency rank #4,743, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁi\. cuits is at rank #20,974, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɥi\.

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 25717, this pair ranks #339,273 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Cris vs cuits

Shared letters: cis. Private to "Cris": r. Private to "cuits": tu.

"Cris" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "cuits" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Crisccris · cirs · crris · crsi · rcis
  • cuitsccuits · ciuts · cuist · cuitss · cuitts · cutis · ucits

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Cris" and "cuits" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Cris" is a noun and "cuits" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Cris" or "cuits"?
"Cris" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,743 in our French list, against #20,974 for "cuits". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Cris" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cuits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #339,273 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Cris" and "cuits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caïds vs cuits". 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 #339,273 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list