crosse

\kʁɔs\

/\kʁɔs\/ noun

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The verdict

“crosse” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,332. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,332
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bâton pastoral d’évêque ou d’abbé, dont l’extrémité supérieure se recourbe en volute.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crosse · crosse · French

crosse · rank #16,332 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,332
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coûteuse

Nearest frequency peer: coûteuse (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « crosse »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « crosse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

crosse vs CROUS
0% similar
crosse vs cuisse
67% similar
crosse vs croûte
67% similar

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

Key facts for crosse
PropertyValue
Headwordcrosse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁɔs\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,332
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crosse »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).crossese 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 « coûteuse » (#16,331), « crétins » (#16,333), « couronnement » (#16,330). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crosse » est au #16,332. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around crosse (IPA \kʁɔs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,332 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for crosse, with forms such as "ccrosse", "croses", and "crrosse". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CROUS", "cuisse", "croûte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is crosse, spelled C-R-O-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bâton pastoral d’évêque ou d’abbé, dont l’extrémité supérieure se recourbe en volute.
  2. 2
    Partie postérieure d'une arme à feu portative, servant à tenir ou appuyer l’arme, lors du tir.
  3. 3
    Manche d’une arme de poing.
  4. 4
    Diacritique suscrit à une lettre.
  5. 5
    Béquille, bâton recourbé sur lequel s’appuient pour marcher les infirmes, les blessés, etc.
  6. 6
    Bâton courbé à son extrémité, utilisé dans certains sports comme le golf, le hockey sur glace, pour pousser la balle ou le palet.
  7. 7
    Sport collectif opposant deux équipes de dix joueurs chacune, où les joueurs se servent d’une crosse, munie d’un filet, pour lancer une balle dans le but adverse.
  8. 8
    Bout recourbé d’un objet.
  9. 9
    Masturbation.
  10. 10
    Fraude, arnaque.
  11. 11
    Querelle, dispute, chicane — (source)
  12. 12
    Avocat du roi — (Vidocq, 1837)
  13. 13
    Meuble représentant dans les armoiries des crosses cléricales. Elle est généralement représentée en pal, l’ouverture du volute à dextre. À rapprocher de bâton de prieur, bâton prieural, bourdon, bourdon de pèlerin et volute de crosse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La mitre et la crosse sont les symboles du pouvoir épiscopal.
  2. Le nez en crosse d’évêque s’avançait entre deux joues qui dans le plus grand sérieux avaient toujours l’air de pouffer.

Synonyms

bâtoncannehockeylacrosse

This word in other languages

crook(English)báculo(Español)Bischofsstab(Deutsch)báculo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrosse
  • croses
  • crrosse
  • crsose
  • rcosse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crosse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccrosse1croses2crrosse1crsose2rcosse2
Edit distance from "crosse"

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 "crosse"?
"crosse" is spelled C-R-O-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɔs\.
What does "crosse" mean?
As a noun, "crosse" means: Bâton pastoral d’évêque ou d’abbé, dont l’extrémité supérieure se recourbe en volute.
What words are commonly confused with "crosse"?
"crosse" is commonly confused with "CROUS", "cuisse", "croûte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crosse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crosse" is \kʁɔs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crosse" come from?
"crosse" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list