crisse

\kʁis\

/\kʁis\/ noun

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The verdict

“crisse” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,234. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,234
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ou Vaurien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crisse · crisse · French

crisse · rank #38,234 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,234
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cratères

Nearest frequency peer: cratères (-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 « crisse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « crisse » 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).

crisse vs cross
67% similar
crisse vs croisé
50% similar
crisse vs cuisse
83% similar

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

Key facts for crisse
PropertyValue
Headwordcrisse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁis\
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,234
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crisse »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cratères » (#38,233), « Cristo » (#38,235), « courtiser » (#38,232). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crisse » est au #38,234. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around crisse (IPA \kʁis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,234 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ou Vaurien.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for crisse, with forms such as "ccrisse", "cirsse", and "crrisse". 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, "cross", "croisé", "cuisse", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is crisse, spelled C-R-I-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ou Vaurien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Annie raconte qu’on crie sans cesse contre les détenues. « Une fille qui demande à boire, on lui répond que c’est “au mérite”. Une autre qui demande à manger se fait répondre qu’elle est déjà bien assez “une grosse crisse” comme ça. »
  2. Y faisait frette que le crisse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrisse
  • cirsse
  • crrisse
  • crsise
  • rcisse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccrisse1cirsse2crrisse1crsise2rcisse2
Edit distance from "crisse"

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 "crisse"?
"crisse" is spelled C-R-I-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁis\.
What does "crisse" mean?
As a noun, "crisse" means: ou Vaurien.
What words are commonly confused with "crisse"?
"crisse" is commonly confused with "cross", "croisé", "cuisse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crisse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crisse" is \kʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crisse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Cristo#38,235cédées#38,237coptes#38,229Danilo#38,240

Similar misspelling depth

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

agar5 variantsHowe5 variantsIsaïe5 variantsjaffa5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list