cru
/kɹuː/noun
cru is spelled C-R-U: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cru means “A vineyard or group of vineyards in France, especially one having a high reputation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cru is crus.
How many letters and syllables are in cru?
| Letters | 3: C-R-U |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,267th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
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 cru?
Cru appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th 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 cru?
- /kɹuː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-cru.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with cru
Sounds like: crew (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: crew.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with cru?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cru.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cur, ruc.
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 cru
- crus plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cru mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A vineyard or group of vineyards in France, especially one having a high reputation.
- 2
Alternative spelling of crew
noun
- 1
Initialism of collective reserve unit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cru come from?
Borrowed from French cru (“growth”), from French crû, past participle of French croître (“grow”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).