Which to use
“croire” and “croirez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #579
- “croire” frequency rank
- #49,011
- “croirez” frequency rank
- 49590
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | croire | croirez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tenir pour véritable. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de croire. |
Where the eye mixes croire and croirez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between croire and croirez
A purely visual mix-up. croire (\kʁwaʁ\) and croirez (\kʁwa.ʁe\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “croire” sits inside “croirez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
croire is recorded at frequency rank #579, classified as averb, pronounced \kʁwaʁ\. croirez is at rank #49,011, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁwa.ʁe\.
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 49590, this pair ranks #169,398 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of croire vs croirez
Shared letters: ceior. Private to "croire": -. Private to "croirez": z.
"croire" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "croirez" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "croire" for "croirez" ever safe?
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "croire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "croirez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,398 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "croire" and "croirez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "croirai vs croirez". 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 #169,398 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.