Which to use
“croît” and “crow” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,977
- “croît” frequency rank
- #34,485
- “crow” frequency rank
- 53462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | croît | crow |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Augmentation d’un troupeau par la naissance des petits. | Corneille. |
Where the eye mixes croît and crow
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. croît runs 5 letters (CCVVC) against crow's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between croît and crow
A purely visual mix-up. croît (\kʁwa\) and crow (\kɹəʊ\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53462, 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\. crow is at rank #34,485, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɹəʊ\.
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 53462, this pair ranks #140,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of croît vs crow
Shared letters: cor. Private to "croît": tî. Private to "crow": w.
"croît" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "crow" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- crow ← ccrow · corw · croww · crrow · crwo · rcow
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "croît" and "crow" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "croît" or "crow"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "croît" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crow" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #140,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "croît" and "crow" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciro vs crow". 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 #140,568 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.