Which to use
“crypte” is a noun and “cryptée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,160
- “crypte” frequency rank
- #49,012
- “cryptée” frequency rank
- 72172
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crypte | cryptée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Église souterraine où l’on a quelquefois enterré les morts. | Participe passé féminin singulier de crypter. |
Where the eye mixes crypte and cryptée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: crypte vs cryptée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: crypte is \kʁipt\ while cryptée is \kʁip.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72172, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crypte is recorded at frequency rank #23,160, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁipt\. cryptée is at rank #49,012, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁip.te\.
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 72172, this pair ranks #44,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crypte vs cryptée
Shared letters: ceprty. Private to "crypte": -. Private to "cryptée": é.
"crypte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "cryptée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- crypte ← ccrypte · crpyte · crrypte · crypet · cryppte · cryptte · crytpe · cryypte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crypte" and "cryptée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "crypte" or "cryptée" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "crypte" and "cryptée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "crypte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cryptée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crypte" and "cryptée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "captée 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 #44,944 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.