Cros

name

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The verdict

“Cros” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #31,428) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#31,428
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cros · Cros · French

Cros · rank #31,428 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,428
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH croirais

Nearest frequency peer: croirais (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « Cros »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « Cros » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

Cros vs Cs
50% similar
Cros vs cru
25% similar
Cros vs CRS
25% similar

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

Key facts for Cros
PropertyValue
HeadwordCros
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#31,428
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « Cros »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Crosse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « croirais » (#31,427), « crown » (#31,429), « croc » (#31,426). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cros » est au #31,428. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Cros is neighbouring look-alikes ("Cs", "cru", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun. Frequency #31,428 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cros, with forms such as "ccros", "crros", and "crso". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cs", "cru", "CRS", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Cros, spelled C-R-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En troisième ligne, François Cros fait son retour et sera à surveiller.
  2. Le nouveau bureau se compose ainsi : Stéphane Gauchie, président ; Robert Cros et Christian Autier, vice-présidents ; Jean-Pierre Brajoux, trésorier ; Yannick Perrier, trésorier adjoint ; Olivier Jaubert, secrétaire ; Théo Laffaire, secrétaire adjoint.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccros
  • crros
  • crso
  • rcos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cros - 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.

ccros1crros1crso2rcos2
Edit distance from "Cros"

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 "Cros"?
"Cros" is spelled C-R-O-S.
What does "Cros" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cros" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Cros"?
"Cros" is commonly confused with "Cs", "cru", "CRS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Cros" come from?
"Cros" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cros", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

croc#31,426cors#31,423dare#31,436dock#31,449

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list