# cruise

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɹuːz/ · frequency rank #4,933

## Definitions
1. A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
2. Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.
3. A period spent in the Marine Corps.
4. A car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group.
5. A period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to a full-dosed cycle (blast).

## Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch kruisen (“cross, sail around”), from kruis (“cross”), from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux.

## Easily confused with
- **crush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruise-vs-crush)
- **curse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruise-vs-curse)
- **crust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruise-vs-crust)
- **Crusoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruise-vs-crusoe)
- **cruiser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruise-vs-cruiser)
- **cruises** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruise-vs-cruises)
- **cruised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruise-vs-cruised)
- **Cruz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruise-vs-cruz)
- **Cris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cris-vs-cruise)
- **cause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cause-vs-cruise)
- **crime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-cruise)
- **crude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crude-vs-cruise)
- **crisp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crisp-vs-cruise)
- **Crist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crist-vs-cruise)
- **course** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/course-vs-cruise)
- **crises** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crises-vs-cruise)
- **crease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crease-vs-cruise)
- **crosse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crosse-vs-cruise)
- **chaise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-cruise)
- **crews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crews-vs-cruise)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccruise`, `criuse`, `crruise`, `cruies`, `cruisse`, `crusie`, `curise`, `rcuise`

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