Cristina

\kʁis.ti.na\

/\kʁis.ti.na\/ name

The verdict

“Cristina” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,105. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,105
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-cristina · Cristina · French

Cristina · rank #16,105 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,105
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH corp

Nearest frequency peer: corp (-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 « Cristina »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Cristina » 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).

Cristina vs Kristina
88% similar
Cristina vs Christine
78% similar
Cristina vs cristiano
67% similar

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

Key facts for Cristina
PropertyValue
HeadwordCristina
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kʁis.ti.na\
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,105
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Cristina »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Cristinase 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 « corp » (#16,104), « curie » (#16,106), « corn » (#16,103). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cristina » est au #16,105. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Cristina (IPA \kʁis.ti.na\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,105 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cristina, with forms such as "ccristina", "cirstina", and "crisitna". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Kristina", "Christine", "cristiano", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Cristina, spelled C-R-I-S-T-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ne l’appelez plus sœur Cristina, mais Cristina Scuccia.
  2. Ce lundi, M6 présente sa nouvelle émission quotidienne, avec l’indétrônable Cristina Cordula.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccristina
  • cirstina
  • crisitna
  • crisstina
  • cristian
  • cristinna
  • cristnia
  • cristtina
  • critsina
  • crristina
  • crsitina
  • rcistina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccristina1cirstina2crisitna2crisstina1cristian2cristinna1cristnia2cristtina1
Edit distance from "Cristina"

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 "Cristina"?
"Cristina" is spelled C-R-I-S-T-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁis.ti.na\.
What does "Cristina" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cristina" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Cristina"?
"Cristina" is commonly confused with "Kristina", "Christine", "cristiano". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Cristina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cristina" is \kʁis.ti.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cristina" come from?
"Cristina" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list