Which to use
“croft” and “croît” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,733
- “croft” frequency rank
- #18,977
- “croît” frequency rank
- 58710
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | croft | croît |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite exploitation agricole clôturée, comprenant une habitation. | Augmentation d’un troupeau par la naissance des petits. |
Where the eye mixes croft and croît
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. croft (CCVCC) and croît (CCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses croft with croît
A purely visual mix-up. croft (\kɹɒft\) and croît (\kʁwa\) 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 - f in “croft” becomes î in “croît”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58710, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
croft is recorded at frequency rank #39,733, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɹɒft\. croît is at rank #18,977, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁwa\.
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 58710, this pair ranks #107,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of croft vs croît
Shared letters: cort. Private to "croft": f. Private to "croît": î.
"croft" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "croît" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- croft ← ccroft · corft · crfot · crofft · croftt · crotf · crroft · rcoft
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "croft" for "croît" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "croft" or "croît" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "croft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "croît" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "croft" and "croît" 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 #107,401 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.