Which to use
“cruche” and “crush” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,391
- “cruche” frequency rank
- #24,169
- “crush” frequency rank
- 51560
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cruche | crush |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vase de terre ou de grès, à anse, qui a ordinairement la panse large et le col étroit. | Attirance ; désir ; pulsion |
Where the eye mixes cruche and crush
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cruche runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against crush's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cruche vs crush
A purely visual mix-up. cruche (\kʁyʃ\) and crush (\kʁœʃ\) 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 51560, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cruche is recorded at frequency rank #27,391, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁyʃ\. crush is at rank #24,169, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁœʃ\.
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 51560, this pair ranks #154,108 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cruche vs crush
Shared letters: chru. Private to "cruche": e. Private to "crush": s.
"cruche" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "crush" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cruche" and "crush" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cruche" or "crush"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cruche" and "crush" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cruche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crush" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #154,108 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cruche" and "crush" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "croce vs cruche". 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 #154,108 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.