croix de Saint-André
\kʁwa də sɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃.dʁe\
The verdict
“croix de Saint-André” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Croix joignant les diagonales d’un rectangle, en forme d’X.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | croix de Saint-André |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁwa də sɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃.dʁe\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “croix de Saint-André” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for croix de Saint-André is 20 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁwa də sɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃.dʁe\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for croix de Saint-André in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is croix de Saint-André, spelled C-R-O-I-X- -D-E- -S-A-I-N-T---A-N-D-R-É.
Definition
- 1Croix joignant les diagonales d’un rectangle, en forme d’X.
- 2Pièces de bois disposées en croix de Saint-André sur lesquelles le bourreau étendait le criminel qu’il allait rouer.
- 3Pavage d’une place à laquelle aboutissent quatre rues.
- 4Autre nom commun de la croisette velue.
- 5Forte sangle placée quelquefois en sautoir sur l’avant de la misaine pour la fortifier.
- 6Assemblage de poteaux ou de pièces de bois qui se coupent diagonalement et qui arc-boutent les pièces d'un pan de charpente.
- 7(Russie) Décoration dont les récipiendaires sont organisés en ordre honorifique, l’ordre de Saint-André. Insigne porté par les récipiendaires de cet ordre.
- 8Bande scapulaire et raie de mulet formant une croix.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct French spelling is C-R-O-I-X- -D-E- -S-A-I-N-T---A-N-D-R-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.