crise

\kʁiz\

/\kʁiz\/ noun

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The verdict

“crise” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,109. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,109
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Changement en bien ou en mal qui survient dans le cours d’une maladie et s’annonce par quelques phénomènes particuliers, comme une excrétion abondante, une hémorragie considérable, des sueurs, un d...

Corpus desk

Index FR-crise · crise · French

crise · rank #1,109 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,109
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cinéma

Nearest frequency peer: cinéma (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « crise »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « crise » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

crise vs CRS
0% similar
crise vs crue
60% similar
crise vs crus
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for crise
PropertyValue
Headwordcrise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁiz\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,109
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crise »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.crisese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cinéma » (#1,108), « David » (#1,110), « bah » (#1,107). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crise » est au #1,109. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around crise (IPA \kʁiz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,109 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for crise, with forms such as "ccrise", "cirse", and "crrise". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CRS", "crue", "crus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is crise, spelled C-R-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Changement en bien ou en mal qui survient dans le cours d’une maladie et s’annonce par quelques phénomènes particuliers, comme une excrétion abondante, une hémorragie considérable, des sueurs, un dépôt dans les urines, etc.
  2. 2
    Très intense douleur osseuse. → voir crise de goutte
  3. 3
    Moment périlleux et décisif.
  4. 4
    Trouble dans le fonctionnement normal de l’activité économique.
  5. 5
    Trouble dans le fonctionnement normal d’un régime politique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how crise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Crise heureuse. Crise funeste.
  2. Une opinion astrologique a attribué une influence à la lune sur les crises.

This word in other languages

crisis(English)crisis(Español)Krise(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrise
  • cirse
  • crrise
  • crsie
  • rcise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crise - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccrise1cirse2crrise1crsie2rcise2
Edit distance from "crise"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crise"?
"crise" is spelled C-R-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁiz\.
What does "crise" mean?
As a noun, "crise" means: Changement en bien ou en mal qui survient dans le cours d’une maladie et s’annonce par quelques phénomènes particuliers, comme une excrétion abondante, une hémorragie considérable, des sueurs, un d...
What words are commonly confused with "crise"?
"crise" is commonly confused with "CRS", "crue", "crus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crise" is \kʁiz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crise" come from?
"crise" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

David#1,110album#1,103trucs#1,101tient#1,100

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

anti5 variantsvote5 variantsciel5 variantspose5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list