croisons

/\kʁwa.zɔ̃\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,734

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

croisons is aFrenchverb. It means: Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de croiser. Pronounced \kʁwa.zɔ̃\. Often confused with croyons and cloison.

Key facts for croisons
PropertyValue
Headwordcroisons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁwa.zɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#39,734
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for croisons is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁwa.zɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #39,734 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 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for croisons, with forms such as "ccroisons", "corisons", and "criosons". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "croyons", "cloison", "croises", 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 croisons, spelled C-R-O-I-S-O-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de croiser.
  2. 2
    Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif de croiser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccroisons,corisons,criosons,croiosns,croisnos,croisonns,croisonss,croisosn,croissons,crosions,crroisons,rcoisons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for croisons

Misspelling Variants of "croisons"

ccroisons9corisons8criosons8croiosns8croisnos8croisonns9croisonss9croisosn8
Misspelling Variants of "croisons"

Frequency rank: #39,734 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "croisons"?
"croisons" is spelled C-R-O-I-S-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁwa.zɔ̃\.
What does "croisons" mean?
As a verb, "croisons" means: Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de croiser.
What words are commonly confused with "croisons"?
"croisons" is commonly confused with "croyons", "cloison", "croises". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "croisons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "croisons" is \kʁwa.zɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "croisons" come from?
"croisons" 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.