# Cruz

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /kɹuːz/ · frequency rank #6,350

## Definitions
1. A surname from Ibero-Romance.

## Etymology
From Romance (Portuguese Cruz and Spanish Cruz).

## Easily confused with
- **CU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruz-vs-cu)
- **cz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruz-vs-cz)
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruz-vs-cut)
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruz-vs-cup)
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruz-vs-cry)
- **cum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruz-vs-cum)
- **cuz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruz-vs-cuz)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruz-vs-cue)
- **Cub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruz-vs-cub)
- **CSU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruz-vs-csu)
- **cur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruz-vs-cur)
- **Cui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruz-vs-cui)
- **Cyrus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruz-vs-cyrus)
- **CR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cr-vs-cruz)
- **CPU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cpu-vs-cruz)
- **chu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chu-vs-cruz)
- **coz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coz-vs-cruz)
- **CRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crt-vs-cruz)
- **CRM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crm-vs-cruz)
- **CRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crs-vs-cruz)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccruz`, `crruz`, `cruzz`, `crzu`, `curz`, `rcuz`

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