croissant
crois·sant/kɹəˈsɑnt/noun
croissant is spelled C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T: 9 letters and 2 syllables (crois·sant). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, croissant means “A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of croissant is croissants.
How many letters and syllables are in croissant?
| Letters | 9: C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: crois·sant |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,943rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is croissant?
Croissant appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd 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).
How do you pronounce croissant?
- UK /ˈk(ɹ)wæsɒ̃/
- US /kɹəˈsɑnt/
- US /k(ɹ)wɑˈsɑ̃/
Croissant has 2 syllables, split crois·sant in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: Croissant_(UK).wav, En-us-croissant.ogg, En-ca-croissant.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with croissant?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as croissant from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of croissant
- croissants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does croissant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Croissant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | croissant |
| German | Croissant, Hörnchen, Gipfeli, Kipfl |
| Portuguese | croissant, croassã |
| Spanish | croissant, cruasán, cuerno, cangrejo, cacho, medialuna |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does croissant come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French croissant (“crescent”), present participle of croître (“to grow”). Doublet of crescent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).