Which to use
“cristalline” and “cristallines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,550
- “cristalline” frequency rank
- #46,684
- “cristallines” frequency rank
- 77234
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cristalline | cristallines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de cristallin. | Féminin pluriel de cristallin. |
Same sound, different letters: cristalline vs cristallines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. cristalline runs 11 letters (CCVCCVCCVCV) against cristallines's 12 (CCVCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - cristalline / cristallines
This is the hard kind. cristalline and cristallines are pronounced identically (\kʁis.ta.lin\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cristalline” sits inside “cristallines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77234, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cristalline is recorded at frequency rank #30,550, classified as anadj, pronounced \kʁis.ta.lin\. cristallines is at rank #46,684, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kʁis.ta.lin\.
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 77234, this pair ranks #28,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cristalline vs cristallines
Shared letters: aceilnrst. Private to "cristalline": -. Private to "cristallines": -.
"cristalline" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVCV · "cristallines" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cristalline ← ccristalline · cirstalline · crisatlline · crisstalline · cristalilne · cristaline · cristallien · cristallinne
- cristallines ← ccristallines · cirstallines · crisatllines · crisstallines · cristalilnes · cristalines · cristalliens · cristalliness
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cristalline" for "cristallines" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cristalline" vs "cristallines" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"cristalline" and "cristallines" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cristalline" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cristallines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cristalline" and "cristallines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cristallines vs cristallise". 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 #28,983 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.