Which to use
“cri” and “crime” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,523
- “cri” frequency rank
- #886
- “crime” frequency rank
- 29409
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cri | crime |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | povo indígena da América do Norte, que habitava desde as montanhas Rochosas até o oceano Atlântico, tanto nos Estados Unidos da América quanto no Canadá | conduta descrita na legislação penal como sendo proibida, por meio de um tipo penal |
Where the eye mixes cri and crime
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cri runs 3 letters (CCV) against crime's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cri with crime
A purely visual mix-up. cri (/ˈkɾi/) and crime (/ˈkɾi.mɨ/) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “cri” sits inside “crime”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29409, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cri is recorded at frequency rank #28,523, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɾi/. crime is at rank #886, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɾi.mɨ/.
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 29409, this pair ranks #39,230 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cri vs crime
Shared letters: cir. Private to "cri": -. Private to "crime": em.
"cri" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "crime" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- crime ← ccrime · cirme · criem · crimme · crmie · crrime · rcime
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cri" for "crime" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cri" or "crime" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cri" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crime" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,230 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cri" and "crime" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coin vs cri". 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 #39,230 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.