crucévscruzoConfusable pair

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“crucé” and “cruzo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,584
“crucé” frequency rank
#24,450
“cruzo” frequency rank
50034
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature crucé cruzo
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de cruzar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de cruzar.

Where the eye mixes crucé and cruzo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. crucé and cruzo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
crucé
5 ch
cruzo

Look-alike desk: crucé vs cruzo

A purely visual mix-up. crucé ([kɾuˈse]) and cruzo ([ˈkɾuso]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50034, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

crucé is recorded at frequency rank #25,584, classified as averb, pronounced [kɾuˈse]. cruzo is at rank #24,450, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈkɾuso].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 50034, this pair ranks #105,471 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of crucé vs cruzo

Shared letters: cru. Private to "crucé": é. Private to "cruzo": oz.

"crucé" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "cruzo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cruzo ← ccruzo · crruzo · cruoz · cruzzo · crzuo · curzo · rcuzo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "crucé" and "cruzo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kɾuˈse] versus [ˈkɾuso]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "crucé" or "cruzo" show up more?
"cruzo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,450 in our Spanish list, against #25,584 for "crucé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "crucé" and "cruzo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "crucé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cruzo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #105,471 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "crucé" and "cruzo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crucé vs cuc". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #105,471 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list