cristal

\kʁis.tal\

/\kʁis.tal\/ noun

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The verdict

“cristal” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,045. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,045
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Corps solide homogène composé d’atomes ou de molécules dont l’organisation dans l’espace est une répétition régulière et périodique qui définit la perfection géométrique du cristal isolé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cristal · cristal · French

cristal · rank #7,045 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,045
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH crash

Nearest frequency peer: crash (-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 « cristal »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cristal » 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).

cristal vs Cristo
57% similar
cristal vs crystal
86% similar
cristal vs cristaux
75% similar

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

Key facts for cristal
PropertyValue
Headwordcristal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁis.tal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,045
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cristal »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « crash » (#7,044), « critère » (#7,046), « couvent » (#7,043). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cristal » est au #7,045. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around cristal (IPA \kʁis.tal\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,045 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cristal, with forms such as "ccristal", "cirstal", and "crisatl". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Cristo", "crystal", "cristaux", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cristal, spelled C-R-I-S-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Corps solide homogène composé d’atomes ou de molécules dont l’organisation dans l’espace est une répétition régulière et périodique qui définit la perfection géométrique du cristal isolé.
  2. 2
    Cristal de roche, synonyme de quartz transparent, non coloré.
  3. 3
    Verre à l’oxyde de plomb, transparent et clair comme le cristal de roche.
  4. 4
    Objet fait de cristal naturel ou factice.
  5. 5
    Cristaux de soude.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les trois échantillons sur lesquels ont porté les expériences ont été pris dans le même cristal de magnétite octaédrique (provenance d’Essex, États-Unis).
  2. Quand la cristallisation est achevée on sépare les cristaux de la liqueur mère qui se compose principalement d’acide oléique, on les fait recristalliser dans l’alcool à plusieurs reprises.

This word in other languages

crystal(English)cristal(Español)Kristall(Deutsch)cristal(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccristal
  • cirstal
  • crisatl
  • crisstal
  • cristall
  • cristla
  • cristtal
  • critsal
  • crristal
  • crsital
  • rcistal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cristal - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccristal1cirstal2crisatl2crisstal1cristall1cristla2cristtal1critsal2
Edit distance from "cristal"

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 "cristal"?
"cristal" is spelled C-R-I-S-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁis.tal\.
What does "cristal" mean?
As a noun, "cristal" means: Corps solide homogène composé d’atomes ou de molécules dont l’organisation dans l’espace est une répétition régulière et périodique qui définit la perfection géométrique du cristal isolé.
What words are commonly confused with "cristal"?
"cristal" is commonly confused with "Cristo", "crystal", "cristaux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cristal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cristal" is \kʁis.tal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cristal" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

critère#7,046couvent#7,043franche#7,060Athènes#7,029

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

envisage11 variantsgentils11 variantshabituel11 variantsimprimé11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list