Which to use
“crotte” and “culotte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,221
- “crotte” frequency rank
- #9,980
- “culotte” frequency rank
- 32201
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crotte | culotte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fiente, en forme de boulettes, de certains animaux. | Pantalon court. |
Where the eye mixes crotte and culotte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. crotte runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against culotte's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses crotte with culotte
A purely visual mix-up. crotte (\kʁɔt\) and culotte (\ky.lɔt\) 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 32201, 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\. culotte is at rank #9,980, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ky.lɔt\.
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 32201, this pair ranks #298,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crotte vs culotte
Shared letters: ceot. Private to "crotte": r. Private to "culotte": lu.
"crotte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "culotte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crotte" and "culotte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "crotte" vs "culotte" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "crotte" and "culotte" 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 "culotte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #298,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crotte" and "culotte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cotta vs crotte". 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 #298,844 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.