Which to use
“cro” and “croft” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,629
- “cro” frequency rank
- #39,733
- “croft” frequency rank
- 73362
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cro | croft |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Toronto) Camarade. | Petite exploitation agricole clôturée, comprenant une habitation. |
Where the eye mixes cro and croft
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cro vs croft
A purely visual mix-up. cro (\kɹəʊ\) and croft (\kɹɒft\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “cro” sits inside “croft”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cro is recorded at frequency rank #33,629, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɹəʊ\. croft is at rank #39,733, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɹɒft\.
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 73362, this pair ranks #40,733 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cro vs croft
Shared letters: cor. Private to "cro": -. Private to "croft": ft.
"cro" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "croft" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- croft ← ccroft · corft · crfot · crofft · croftt · crotf · crroft · rcoft
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cro" for "croft" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cro" or "croft"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "croft" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,733 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cro" and "croft" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "croco vs croft". 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 #40,733 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.