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criss

noun

criss is a noun meaning “Alternative form of kris (“dagger”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-R-I-S-S and has one syllable, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of criss is crisses.

What does criss mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative form of kris (“dagger”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce criss?

    Criss has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of criss

    • crisses plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    How common is criss?

    Criss appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form in the list.

    Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

    Words people confuse with criss

    Also written: kris.

    Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).