croisades

\kʁwa.zad\

/\kʁwa.zad\/ noun

The verdict

“croisades” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,975. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,975
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de croisade.

Corpus desk

Index FR-croisades · croisades · French

croisades · rank #18,975 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,975
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH crayons

Nearest frequency peer: crayons (-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 « croisades »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « croisades » 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).

croisades vs croises
78% similar
croisades vs croisées
78% similar
croisades vs croisade
89% similar

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

Key facts for croisades
PropertyValue
Headwordcroisades
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁwa.zad\
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,975
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « croisades »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).croisadesse 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 « crayons » (#18,974), « croisées » (#18,976), « coupent » (#18,973). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « croisades » est au #18,975. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around croisades (IPA \kʁwa.zad\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,975 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de croisade.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for croisades, with forms such as "ccroisades", "corisades", and "criosades". 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, "croises", "croisées", "croisade", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is croisades, spelled C-R-O-I-S-A-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de croisade.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vrain-Lucas ne fut que légèrement condamné et on étouffa l’affaire. Si on était allé plus loin, il eût fallu vérifier et parfois déblasonner une grande partie de la salle des Croisades.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccroisades
  • corisades
  • criosades
  • croiasdes
  • croisaddes
  • croisadess
  • croisadse
  • croisaeds
  • croisdaes
  • croissades
  • crosiades
  • crroisades
  • rcoisades

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccroisades1corisades2criosades2croiasdes2croisaddes1croisadess1croisadse2croisaeds2
Edit distance from "croisades"

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 "croisades"?
"croisades" is spelled C-R-O-I-S-A-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁwa.zad\.
What does "croisades" mean?
As a noun, "croisades" means: Pluriel de croisade.
What words are commonly confused with "croisades"?
"croisades" is commonly confused with "croises", "croisées", "croisade". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "croisades"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "croisades" is \kʁwa.zad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "croisades" come from?
"croisades" 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 "croisades", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list