crows
\kɹəʊz\
The verdict
“crows” is uncommon French (frequency #80,094 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,094
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe crow.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crows |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɹəʊz\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #80,094 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crows” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
crows is uncommon French at frequency #80,094 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɹəʊz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe crow.".
Zero misspellings are on record for crows in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is crows, spelled C-R-O-W-S.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe crow.
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.
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Using “crows”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-R-O-W-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɹəʊz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.