Which to use
“cruise” is a verb and “cruises” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,558
- “cruise” frequency rank
- #39,876
- “cruises” frequency rank
- 60434
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cruise | cruises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs cruisen | Plural des Substantivs cruise |
Letter map: cruise vs cruises
Shared letters muted; letters that set cruise and cruises apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. cruise runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against cruises's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for cruise / cruises
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cruise is averb and cruisesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cruise” sits inside “cruises”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60434, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cruise is recorded at frequency rank #20,558, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkʁuːzə]. cruises is at rank #39,876, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 60434, this pair ranks #787,154 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cruise vs cruises
Shared letters: ceirsu. Private to "cruise": -. Private to "cruises": -.
"cruise" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "cruises" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cruise" and "cruises" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cruise" or "cruises"?
What to do next
You've compared "cruise" and "cruises". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "cruise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cruises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #787,154 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cruise" and "cruises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cruises vs puzzles". 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 #787,154 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.