Which to use
“crosse” and “crosses” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,192
- “crosse” frequency rank
- #8,775
- “crosses” frequency rank
- 41967
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crosse | crosses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A lacrosse stick. | plural of cross |
Letter map: crosse vs crosses
Shared letters muted; letters that set crosse and crosses apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. crosse runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against crosses's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - crosse / crosses
crosse and crosses are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “crosse” sits inside “crosses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41967, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crosse is recorded at frequency rank #33,192, classified as anoun. crosses is at rank #8,775, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɹɔsɪz/.
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 41967, this pair ranks #253,535 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crosse vs crosses
Shared letters: ceors. Private to "crosse": -. Private to "crosses": -.
"crosse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "crosses" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crosse" and "crosses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "crosse" vs "crosses" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "crosse" and "crosses".
- Full dictionary entry for "crosse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crosses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #253,535 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crosse" and "crosses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crone vs crosse". 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 #253,535 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.