croies

\kʁwa\

/\kʁwa\/ verb

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The verdict

“croies” is uncommon French (frequency #86,587 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,587
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de croire.

Key facts for croies
PropertyValue
Headwordcroies
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁwa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#86,587
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “croies” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). croies lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

croies is uncommon French at frequency #86,587 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kʁwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de croire.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for croies, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is croies, spelled C-R-O-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de croire.

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 "croies"?
"croies" is spelled C-R-O-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁwa\.
What does "croies" mean?
As a verb, "croies" means: Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de croire.
How do you pronounce "croies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "croies" is \kʁwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "croies" come from?
"croies" 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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Using “croies”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-R-O-I-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kʁwa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list