Which to use
“crop” and “croupe” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,026
- “crop” frequency rank
- #35,453
- “croupe” frequency rank
- 62479
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crop | croupe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Redécoupage ou recadrage d'une photo ou d'une image virtuelle. | Partie arrière du corps de quadrupèdes, tel le cheval, située après les reins (région lombaire) et les hanches mais avant la queue, et qui correspond aux fesses chez l’homme. |
Letter map: crop vs croupe
Shared letters muted; letters that set crop and croupe apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. crop runs 4 letters (CCVC) against croupe's 6 (CCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - crop / croupe
crop and croupe 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62479, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crop is recorded at frequency rank #27,026, classified as anoun. croupe is at rank #35,453, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁup\.
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 62479, this pair ranks #86,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crop vs croupe
Shared letters: copr. Private to "crop": -. Private to "croupe": eu.
"crop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "croupe" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crop" and "croupe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "crop" or "croupe" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "crop" and "croupe".
- Full dictionary entry for "crop" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "croupe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crop" and "croupe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coupa vs croupe". 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 #86,897 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.