crosse
"crosse" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crosse” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,192. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,192
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A lacrosse stick.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crosse · crosse · English
crosse · rank #33,192 · 6 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,192
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH culpable
Nearest frequency peer: culpable (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “crosse”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- contemplati…
contemplative
66,813 corpus weight
- convocation
convocation
66,812 corpus weight
- crosse
crosse
66,809 corpus weight
- culpable
culpable
66,808 corpus weight
- dag
dag
66,807 corpus weight
- damsel
damsel
66,806 corpus weight
What this shows “crosse” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crosse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #33,192 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “crosse”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around crosse, anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,192 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A lacrosse stick.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for crosse, with forms such as "ccrosse", "corsse", and "crose". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "crows", "cruise", "Crusoe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French crosse (“stick”), of Germanic origin. Doublet of crutch. The correct English form is crosse, spelled C-R-O-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1A lacrosse stick.
Etymology
From French crosse (“stick”), of Germanic origin. Doublet of crutch.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccrosse
- corsse
- crose
- crrosse
- crsose
- rcosse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crosse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).