Which to use
“croyance” and “croyances” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,171
- “croyance” frequency rank
- #6,599
- “croyances” frequency rank
- 13770
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | croyance | croyances |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Connaissance considérée comme irréfutable sans qu’elle soit basée sur des preuves. | Pluriel de croyance. |
Same sound, different letters: croyance vs croyances
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. croyance runs 8 letters (CCVVVCCV) against croyances's 9 (CCVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - croyance and croyances
This is the hard kind. croyance and croyances are pronounced identically (\kʁwa.jɑ̃s\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “croyance” sits inside “croyances”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13770, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
croyance is recorded at frequency rank #7,171, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁwa.jɑ̃s\. croyances is at rank #6,599, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁwa.jɑ̃s\.
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 13770, this pair ranks #399,613 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of croyance vs croyances
Shared letters: acenory. Private to "croyance": -. Private to "croyances": s.
"croyance" · 8 letters · shape CCVVVCCV · "croyances" · 9 letters · shape CCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "croyance" for "croyances" ever safe?
Which is more common, "croyance" or "croyances"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "croyance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "croyances" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,613 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "croyance" and "croyances" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "croyance vs croyante". 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 #399,613 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.