croate

\kʁɔ.at\

/\kʁɔ.at\/ adj

The verdict

“croate” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,844. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,844
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux Croates, à la Croatie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-croate · croate · French

croate · rank #15,844 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,844
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH craignait

Nearest frequency peer: craignait (-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 « croate »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « croate » 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).

croate vs croît
67% similar
croate vs croie
67% similar
croate vs croft
67% similar

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

Key facts for croate
PropertyValue
Headwordcroate
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kʁɔ.at\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,844
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « croate »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).croatese 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 « craignait » (#15,843), « convenablement » (#15,842), « convaincant » (#15,841). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « croate » est au #15,844. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around croate (IPA \kʁɔ.at\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,844 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif aux Croates, à la Croatie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for croate, with forms such as "ccroate", "corate", and "craote". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "croît", "croie", "croft", and more, 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, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is croate, spelled C-R-O-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux Croates, à la Croatie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le 7 janvier 1636, un recès du Chapitre Cathédral de Liège ordonne aux habitants de Tilff et de Méry de prendre les armes pour garantir la circulation sur l'Ourthe, alors menacée par des pillards croates.
  2. 10h30 - Zagreb Les autorités croates ont annoncé avoir rouvert aux vols tout l’espace aérien national, après sa fermeture partielle ou totale durant le week-end.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccroate
  • corate
  • craote
  • croaet
  • croatte
  • crotae
  • crroate
  • rcoate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccroate1corate2craote2croaet2croatte1crotae2crroate1rcoate2
Edit distance from "croate"

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 "croate"?
"croate" is spelled C-R-O-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɔ.at\.
What does "croate" mean?
As an adjective, "croate" means: Relatif aux Croates, à la Croatie.
What words are commonly confused with "croate"?
"croate" is commonly confused with "croît", "croie", "croft". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "croate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "croate" is \kʁɔ.at\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "croate" come from?
"croate" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list