# Crusoe

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,795

## Definitions
1. A surname from French, famously held by
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
Perhaps from French Crusiaux, a topographic surname from a diminutive of creux (“hollow”), or alternatively a variant of Croiseau, a habitational surname.

## Easily confused with
- **crust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crusoe-vs-crust)
- **crusty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crusoe-vs-crusty)
- **crusts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crusoe-vs-crusts)
- **crusted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crusoe-vs-crusted)
- **cause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cause-vs-crusoe)
- **crush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crush-vs-crusoe)
- **crude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crude-vs-crusoe)
- **cruise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruise-vs-crusoe)
- **crosse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crosse-vs-crusoe)
- **crushed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crushed-vs-crusoe)
- **crusade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crusade-vs-crusoe)
- **crushes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crushes-vs-crusoe)
- **crusher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crusher-vs-crusoe)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccrusoe`, `crrusoe`, `crsuoe`, `cruose`, `cruseo`, `crussoe`, `cursoe`, `rcusoe`

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