croiseur

/\kʁwa.zœʁ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,967

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

croiseur is aFrenchnoun. It means: Bâtiment de guerre, de combat, de grande taille. Pronounced \kʁwa.zœʁ\. Often confused with croisez and cruiser.

Key facts for croiseur
PropertyValue
Headwordcroiseur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁwa.zœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,967
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of croiseur in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for croiseur is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁwa.zœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #30,967 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for croiseur, with forms such as "ccroiseur", "coriseur", and "crioseur". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "croisez", "cruiser", "croiseurs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is croiseur, spelled C-R-O-I-S-E-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bâtiment de guerre, de combat, de grande taille.
  2. 2
    Bâtiment de guerre doué d’une grande vitesse et destiné à détruire le commerce des ennemis, à faire les reconnaissances, à éclairer les cuirassés.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccroiseur,coriseur,crioseur,croiesur,croiseru,croiseurr,croisseur,croisuer,crosieur,crroiseur,rcoiseur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for croiseur

Misspelling Variants of "croiseur"

ccroiseur9coriseur8crioseur8croiesur8croiseru8croiseurr9croisseur9croisuer8
Misspelling Variants of "croiseur"

Frequency rank: #30,967 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "croiseur"?
"croiseur" is spelled C-R-O-I-S-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁwa.zœʁ\.
What does "croiseur" mean?
As a noun, "croiseur" means: Bâtiment de guerre, de combat, de grande taille.
What words are commonly confused with "croiseur"?
"croiseur" is commonly confused with "croisez", "cruiser", "croiseurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "croiseur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "croiseur" is \kʁwa.zœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "croiseur" come from?
"croiseur" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.