croisé

\kʁwa.ze\

/\kʁwa.ze\/ adj

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The verdict

“croisé” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,962. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,962
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie des choses qui se recouvrent en croix, ou approximativement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-croise · croisé · French

croisé · rank #5,962 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,962
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH continuité

Nearest frequency peer: continuité (-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 « croisé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « croisé » 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).

croisé vs Cros
50% similar
croisé vs croix
67% similar
croisé vs cross
67% similar

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

Key facts for croisé
PropertyValue
Headwordcroisé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kʁwa.ze\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,962
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « croisé »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).croisése 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 « continuité » (#5,961), « cuivre » (#5,963), « construite » (#5,960). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « croisé » est au #5,962. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around croisé (IPA \kʁwa.ze\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,962 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for croisé, with forms such as "ccroisé", "corisé", and "criosé". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cros", "croix", "cross", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is croisé, spelled C-R-O-I-S-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie des choses qui se recouvrent en croix, ou approximativement.
  2. 2
    Qualifie un câble dont les différents fils sont intervertis entre les extrémités, par opposition à droit.
  3. 3
    Qui provient d’un croisement.
  4. 4
    Que l’on rencontre chez l'un si elle existe chez l’autre.
  5. 5
    Se dit de rimes lorsqu’elles suivent l’alternance ABAB.
  6. 6
    Relatif à Croix-lez-Rouveroy en Belgique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un livre à demi ouvert sur mes genoux croisés, je suis assis devant la cheminée, où flambe le premier feu de la saison.
  2. Un câble RJ45 croisé

Synonyms

alterné

Antonyms

droit

This word in other languages

crossed(English)cruzado(Español)cruzado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccroisé
  • corisé
  • criosé
  • croise
  • croissé
  • croiés
  • crosié
  • crroisé
  • rcoisé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of croisé - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccroisé1corisé2criosé2croise1croissé1croiés2crosié2crroisé1
Edit distance from "croisé"

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 "croisé"?
"croisé" is spelled C-R-O-I-S-É. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁwa.ze\.
What does "croisé" mean?
As an adjective, "croisé" means: Qualifie des choses qui se recouvrent en croix, ou approximativement.
What words are commonly confused with "croisé"?
"croisé" is commonly confused with "Cros", "croix", "cross". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "croisé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "croisé" is \kʁwa.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "croisé" come from?
"croisé" 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 "croisé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

cuivre#5,963cahier#5,952bornes#5,951amiral#5,946

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

auguste9 variantsembrasse9 variantsfiliale9 variantsparoisse9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list