Which to use
“crotte” and “crypte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,221
- “crotte” frequency rank
- #23,160
- “crypte” frequency rank
- 45381
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crotte | crypte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fiente, en forme de boulettes, de certains animaux. | Église souterraine où l’on a quelquefois enterré les morts. |
Where the eye mixes crotte and crypte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: crotte vs crypte
A purely visual mix-up. crotte (\kʁɔt\) and crypte (\kʁipt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45381, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crotte is recorded at frequency rank #22,221, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁɔt\. crypte is at rank #23,160, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁipt\.
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 45381, this pair ranks #203,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crotte vs crypte
Shared letters: cert. Private to "crotte": o. Private to "crypte": py.
"crotte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "crypte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crotte" for "crypte" ever safe?
Which is more common, "crotte" or "crypte"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "crotte" and "crypte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "crotte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crypte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #203,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crotte" and "crypte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crypte vs cryptée". 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 #203,127 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.