croîtvscropConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#18,977
“croît” frequency rank
#27,026
“crop” frequency rank
46003
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature croît crop
Definition Augmentation d’un troupeau par la naissance des petits. Redécoupage ou recadrage d'une photo ou d'une image virtuelle.

Letter map: croît vs crop

Shared letters muted; letters that set croît and crop apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. croît runs 5 letters (CCVVC) against crop's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
croît
4 ch
crop

Corpus notes: croît and crop

croît 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 46003, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

croît is recorded at frequency rank #18,977, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁwa\. 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 46003, this pair ranks #198,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of croît vs crop

Shared letters: cor. Private to "croît": tî. Private to "crop": p.

"croît" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC  ·  "crop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • crop ← ccrop · cropp · crpo · crrop · rcop

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "croît" 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: "croît" vs "crop" - which ranks higher?
"croît" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,977 in our French list, against #27,026 for "crop". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "croît" vs "crop" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "croît" 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 #198,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "croît" and "crop" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciro vs crop". 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 #198,396 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