Which to use
“croît” is a noun and “crut” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,977
- “croît” frequency rank
- #30,968
- “crut” frequency rank
- 49945
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | croît | crut |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Augmentation d’un troupeau par la naissance des petits. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de croire. |
Where the eye mixes croît and crut
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. croît runs 5 letters (CCVVC) against crut's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: croît vs crut
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: croît is \kʁwa\ while crut is \kʁy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49945, 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\. crut is at rank #30,968, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁy\.
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 49945, this pair ranks #166,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of croît vs crut
Shared letters: crt. Private to "croît": oî. Private to "crut": u.
"croît" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "crut" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- crut ← ccrut · crrut · crtu · crutt · curt · rcut
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "croît" for "crut" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "croît" or "crut" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "croît" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #166,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "croît" and "crut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "count vs crut". 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 #166,596 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.