croftvscropConfusable pair

Which to use

“croft” and “crop” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#39,733
“croft” frequency rank
#27,026
“crop” frequency rank
66759
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature croft crop
Definition Petite exploitation agricole clôturée, comprenant une habitation. Redécoupage ou recadrage d'une photo ou d'une image virtuelle.

Letter map: croft vs crop

Shared letters muted; letters that set croft and crop apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
croft
4 ch
crop

Corpus notes: croft and crop

croft and crop are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66759, 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\. crop is at rank #27,026, tagged as anoun.

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 66759, this pair ranks #66,382 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of croft vs crop

Shared letters: cor. Private to "croft": ft. Private to "crop": p.

"croft" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "crop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • croftccroft · corft · crfot · crofft · croftt · crotf · crroft · rcoft
  • cropccrop · cropp · crpo · crrop · rcop

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "croft" and "crop" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "croft" vs "crop" - which ranks higher?
"crop" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,026 in our French list, against #39,733 for "croft". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "croft" and "crop". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "croft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crop" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,382 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "croft" and "crop" 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 #66,382 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list