Which to use
“crochet” and “crochets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,305
- “crochet” frequency rank
- #17,666
- “crochets” frequency rank
- 27971
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crochet | crochets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit morceau de métal recourbé servant à accrocher ou attacher quelque chose. | Pluriel de crochet. |
Same sound, different letters: crochet vs crochets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. crochet runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against crochets's 8 (CCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - crochet / crochets
This is the hard kind. crochet and crochets are pronounced identically (\kʁɔ.ʃɛ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “crochet” sits inside “crochets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27971, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crochet is recorded at frequency rank #10,305, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁɔ.ʃɛ\. crochets is at rank #17,666, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɔ.ʃɛ\.
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 27971, this pair ranks #325,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crochet vs crochets
Shared letters: cehort. Private to "crochet": -. Private to "crochets": s.
"crochet" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "crochets" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crochet" for "crochets" ever safe?
Frequency check: "crochet" vs "crochets" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"crochet" and "crochets" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "crochet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crochets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #325,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crochet" and "crochets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crachats vs crochets". 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 #325,674 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.