crosne

\kʁon\

/\kʁon\/ noun

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The verdict

“crosne” is uncommon French (frequency #97,826 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,826
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plante de la famille des lamiacées originaire du Nord-Ouest de la Chine et cultivée pour ses tubercules comestibles. Le terme désigne aussi ces tubercules consommables comme légumes.

Key facts for crosne
PropertyValue
Headwordcrosne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁon\
Letters6
Frequency rank#97,826
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “crosne” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). crosne lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crosne is uncommon French at frequency #97,826 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁon\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plante de la famille des lamiacées originaire du Nord-Ouest de la Chine et cultivée pour ses tubercules comestibles. Le terme désigne aussi ces tubercules consommables comme légumes.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crosne, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 crosne, spelled C-R-O-S-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante de la famille des lamiacées originaire du Nord-Ouest de la Chine et cultivée pour ses tubercules comestibles. Le terme désigne aussi ces tubercules consommables comme légumes.

Synonyms

crosne du Japonépiaire à chapelets

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 "crosne"?
"crosne" is spelled C-R-O-S-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁon\.
What does "crosne" mean?
As a noun, "crosne" means: Plante de la famille des lamiacées originaire du Nord-Ouest de la Chine et cultivée pour ses tubercules comestibles. Le terme désigne aussi ces tubercules consommables comme légumes.
How do you pronounce "crosne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crosne" is \kʁon\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crosne" come from?
"crosne" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “crosne”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-R-O-S-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kʁon\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list