croyance

\kʁwa.jɑ̃s\

/\kʁwa.jɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“croyance” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,171. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,171
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Connaissance considérée comme irréfutable sans qu’elle soit basée sur des preuves.

Corpus desk

Index FR-croyance · croyance · French

croyance · rank #7,171 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,171
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cousine

Nearest frequency peer: Cousine (-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 « croyance »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « croyance » 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).

croyance vs croyant
75% similar
croyance vs croyants
75% similar
croyance vs croyante
88% similar

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

Key facts for croyance
PropertyValue
Headwordcroyance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁwa.jɑ̃s\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,171
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « croyance »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Cousine » (#7,170), « coupables » (#7,169), « culpabilité » (#7,173). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « croyance » est au #7,171. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around croyance (IPA \kʁwa.jɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,171 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for croyance, with forms such as "ccroyance", "coryance", and "croaynce". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "croyant", "croyants", "croyante", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is croyance, spelled C-R-O-Y-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Connaissance considérée comme irréfutable sans qu’elle soit basée sur des preuves.
  2. 2
    Une telle connaissance affirmée dans une religion.
  3. 3
    Opinion, dans tous domaines, ayant le caractère d’une conviction intime.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est donc à l’acheteur […] à ne pas s’endormir sur la croyance d’une ophtalmie extérieure ou motivée par un semblant de lésion, car dans ce temps pourrait se dissiper la vraie fluxion, […].
  2. Un des aspects courants de la sottise humaine est cette croyance, que l’on découvre chez tant d’honnêtes imprévoyants, que tout durera, à peu de chose près, comme nous voyons les institutions et les choses aujourd’hui.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccroyance
  • coryance
  • croaynce
  • croyacne
  • croyancce
  • croyanec
  • croyannce
  • croynace
  • croyyance
  • crroyance
  • cryoance
  • rcoyance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccroyance1coryance2croaynce2croyacne2croyancce1croyanec2croyannce1croynace2
Edit distance from "croyance"

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 "croyance"?
"croyance" is spelled C-R-O-Y-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁwa.jɑ̃s\.
What does "croyance" mean?
As a noun, "croyance" means: Connaissance considérée comme irréfutable sans qu’elle soit basée sur des preuves.
What words are commonly confused with "croyance"?
"croyance" is commonly confused with "croyant", "croyants", "croyante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "croyance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "croyance" is \kʁwa.jɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "croyance" come from?
"croyance" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list