cristallise

\kʁis.ta.liz\

/\kʁis.ta.liz\/ verb

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The verdict

“cristallise” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,628. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,628
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de cristalliser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cristallise · cristallise · French

cristallise · rank #33,628 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,628
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cristallin

Nearest frequency peer: cristallin (-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 « cristallise »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cristallise » 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).

cristallise vs cristallin
82% similar
cristallise vs cristalline
91% similar
cristallise vs cristallines
83% similar

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

Key facts for cristallise
PropertyValue
Headwordcristallise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁis.ta.liz\
Letters11
Frequency rank#33,628
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cristallise »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cristallisese 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 « cristallin » (#33,627), « cro » (#33,629), « crevée » (#33,626). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cristallise » est au #33,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around cristallise (IPA \kʁis.ta.liz\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,628 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for cristallise, with forms such as "ccristallise", "cirstallise", and "crisatllise". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "cristallin", "cristalline", "cristallines", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cristallise, spelled C-R-I-S-T-A-L-L-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de cristalliser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de cristalliser.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de cristalliser.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de cristalliser.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de cristalliser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle nous pétrifie, nous momifie, nous ridiculise, nous cristallise, nous stalactise.
  2. Tout se cristallise autour de nos deux héros, Mia et Tom, résume Agnès Hurstel, cocréatrice et coscénariste de la série.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccristallise
  • cirstallise
  • crisatllise
  • crisstallise
  • cristalilse
  • cristalise
  • cristallies
  • cristallisse
  • cristallsie
  • cristlalise
  • cristtallise
  • critsallise
  • crristallise
  • crsitallise
  • rcistallise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cristallise - 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.

ccristallise1cirstallise2crisatllise2crisstallise1cristalilse2cristalise1cristallies2cristallisse1
Edit distance from "cristallise"

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 "cristallise"?
"cristallise" is spelled C-R-I-S-T-A-L-L-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁis.ta.liz\.
What does "cristallise" mean?
As a verb, "cristallise" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de cristalliser.
What words are commonly confused with "cristallise"?
"cristallise" is commonly confused with "cristallin", "cristalline", "cristallines". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cristallise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cristallise" is \kʁis.ta.liz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cristallise" come from?
"cristallise" 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 "cristallise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

courbatures#33,623disputaient#33,642donneraient#33,646chromatique#33,609

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

chantaient15 variantscervicales15 variantsdépourvues15 variantsdésapprouve15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list