# crosse

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #33,192

## Definitions
1. A lacrosse stick.

## Etymology
From French crosse (“stick”), of Germanic origin. Doublet of crutch.

## Easily confused with
- **crows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crosse-vs-crows)
- **cruise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crosse-vs-cruise)
- **Crusoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crosse-vs-crusoe)
- **crossed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crosse-vs-crossed)
- **crosses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crosse-vs-crosses)
- **close** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/close-vs-crosse)
- **cross** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cross-vs-crosse)
- **chose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chose-vs-crosse)
- **crops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crops-vs-crosse)
- **crore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crore-vs-crosse)
- **crass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-crosse)
- **Croke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/croke-vs-crosse)
- **crone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crone-vs-crosse)
- **choose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choose-vs-crosse)
- **Crosby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crosby-vs-crosse)
- **crease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crease-vs-crosse)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccrosse`, `corsse`, `crose`, `crrosse`, `crsose`, `rcosse`

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