croze
/kɹoʊz/noun
croze is spelled C-R-O-Z-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, croze means “A groove at the ends of the staves of a barrel into which the edge of the head is fitted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of croze is crozes.
How many letters and syllables are in croze?
| Letters | 5: C-R-O-Z-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 croze?
Croze appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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 croze?
- UK /kɹəʊz/
- US /kɹoʊz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with croze
Sounds like: crows (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with croze?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as croze from its last stressed vowel (/oʊz/):
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 croze
- crozes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does croze mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A groove at the ends of the staves of a barrel into which the edge of the head is fitted.
- 2
A cooper's tool for making these grooves.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does croze come from?
Compare cross and crosier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).