croises

\kʁwaz\

/\kʁwaz\/ verb

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The verdict

“croises” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,966. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,966
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de croiser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-croises · croises · French

croises · rank #30,966 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,966
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH critérium

Nearest frequency peer: critérium (-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 « croises »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « croises » 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).

croises vs cross
71% similar
croises vs crosse
71% similar
croises vs cruise
71% similar

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

Key facts for croises
PropertyValue
Headwordcroises
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁwaz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,966
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « croises »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).croisesse 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 « critérium » (#30,965), « croiseur » (#30,967), « coyotes » (#30,964). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « croises » est au #30,966. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around croises (IPA \kʁwaz\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,966 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for croises, with forms such as "ccroises", "corises", and "crioses". 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, "cross", "crosse", "cruise", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is croises, spelled C-R-O-I-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de croiser.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de croiser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccroises
  • corises
  • crioses
  • croiess
  • croisess
  • croisse
  • croisses
  • crosies
  • crroises
  • rcoises

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccroises1corises2crioses2croiess2croisess1croisse2croisses1crosies2
Edit distance from "croises"

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 "croises"?
"croises" is spelled C-R-O-I-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁwaz\.
What does "croises" mean?
As a verb, "croises" means: Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de croiser.
What words are commonly confused with "croises"?
"croises" is commonly confused with "cross", "crosse", "cruise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "croises"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "croises" is \kʁwaz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "croises" come from?
"croises" 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 "croises", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coyotes#30,964conviés#30,962Donetsk#30,981déesses#30,991

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Celsius10 variantsdélaisse10 variantscaissons10 variantsbosquet10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list