croûtes

\kʁut\

/\kʁut\/ noun

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The verdict

“croûtes” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,702. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,702
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-croutes · croûtes · French

croûtes · rank #40,702 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,702
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH craignons

Nearest frequency peer: craignons (-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 « croûtes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « croûtes » 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).

croûtes vs crues
57% similar
croûtes vs coûte
71% similar
croûtes vs côtes
57% similar

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

Key facts for croûtes
PropertyValue
Headwordcroûtes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁut\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,702
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « croûtes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).croûtesse 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 « craignons » (#40,701), « CSN » (#40,703), « CPL » (#40,700). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « croûtes » est au #40,702. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around croûtes (IPA \kʁut\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,702 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de croûte.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for croûtes, with forms such as "ccroûtes", "corûtes", and "crotûes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "crues", "coûte", "côtes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is croûtes, spelled C-R-O-Û-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de croûte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le 19 janvier 1888, un chasseur du Havre nous adressait, aux fins d’autopsie, le cadavre d’une furette, qui avait succombé peu de temps après son mâle, en présentant comme lui des croûtes dans les oreilles.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccroûtes
  • corûtes
  • crotûes
  • croutes
  • croûets
  • croûtess
  • croûtse
  • croûttes
  • crroûtes
  • crûotes
  • rcoûtes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of croûtes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccroûtes1corûtes2crotûes2croutes1croûets2croûtess1croûtse2croûttes1
Edit distance from "croûtes"

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 "croûtes"?
"croûtes" is spelled C-R-O-Û-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁut\.
What does "croûtes" mean?
As a noun, "croûtes" means: Pluriel de croûte.
What words are commonly confused with "croûtes"?
"croûtes" is commonly confused with "crues", "coûte", "côtes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "croûtes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "croûtes" is \kʁut\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "croûtes" come from?
"croûtes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cyclope#40,705Delphes#40,711cordial#40,692diadème#40,714

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

December11 variantsDelahaye11 variantsDubuisson11 variantsClaudette11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list