cruise

/[ˈkʁuːzə]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,558

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

cruise is aGermanverb. It means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs cruisen Pronounced [ˈkʁuːzə]. Often confused with crush and cruises.

Key facts for cruise
PropertyValue
Headwordcruise
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkʁuːzə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,558
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cruise in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for cruise is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkʁuːzə]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,558 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for cruise, with forms such as "ccruise", "criuse", and "crruise". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "crush", "cruises", "Kruse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is cruise, spelled C-R-U-I-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs cruisen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs cruisen
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs cruisen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs cruisen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccruise,criuse,crruise,cruies,cruisse,crusie,curise,rcuise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cruise

Misspelling Variants of "cruise"

ccruise7criuse6crruise7cruies6cruisse7crusie6curise6rcuise6
Misspelling Variants of "cruise"

Frequency rank: #20,558 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cruise"?
"cruise" is spelled C-R-U-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁuːzə].
What does "cruise" mean?
As a verb, "cruise" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs cruisen
What words are commonly confused with "cruise"?
"cruise" is commonly confused with "crush", "cruises", "Kruse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cruise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cruise" is [ˈkʁuːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cruise" come from?
"cruise" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.