Which to use
“crises” and “crisis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,854
- “crises” frequency rank
- #36,787
- “crisis” frequency rank
- 42641
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crises | crisis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de crise. | Crise. |
Where the eye mixes crises and crisis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. crises and crisis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses crises with crisis
A purely visual mix-up. crises (\kʁiz\) and crisis (\ˈkɹaɪ.sɪs\) 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 a single letter - e in “crises” becomes i in “crisis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crises is recorded at frequency rank #5,854, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁiz\. crisis is at rank #36,787, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈkɹaɪ.sɪs\.
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 42641, this pair ranks #224,079 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crises vs crisis
Shared letters: cirs. Private to "crises": e. Private to "crisis": -.
"crises" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "crisis" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crises" for "crisis" ever safe?
Which is more common, "crises" or "crisis"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "crises" and "crisis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "crises" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crisis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #224,079 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crises" and "crisis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crisis vs criss". 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 #224,079 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.