# Cristo

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #37,406

## Definitions
1. A surname from the Romance languages.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Romance (either Spanish Cristo, Portuguese Cristo or Italian Cristo).

## Easily confused with
- **crit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cristo-vs-crit)
- **crust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cristo-vs-crust)
- **crypto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cristo-vs-crypto)
- **crusty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cristo-vs-crusty)
- **crusts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cristo-vs-crusts)
- **Cris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cris-vs-cristo)
- **crisp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crisp-vs-cristo)
- **crest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crest-vs-cristo)
- **cisco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cisco-vs-cristo)
- **Crist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crist-vs-cristo)
- **Christ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christ-vs-cristo)
- **crisis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crisis-vs-cristo)
- **crises** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crises-vs-cristo)
- **crispy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crispy-vs-cristo)
- **crisps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crisps-vs-cristo)
- **crests** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crests-vs-cristo)
- **CRISPR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crispr-vs-cristo)
- **Christy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christy-vs-cristo)
- **Christa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christa-vs-cristo)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccristo`, `cirsto`, `crisot`, `crissto`, `cristto`, `critso`, `crristo`, `crsito`, `rcisto`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cristo