crucifier

\kʁy.si.fje\

/\kʁy.si.fje\/ verb

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The verdict

“crucifier” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,260. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,260
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre en croix pour faire mourir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crucifier · crucifier · French

crucifier · rank #42,260 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #42,260
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH crédule

Nearest frequency peer: crédule (+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 « crucifier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « crucifier » 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).

crucifier vs crucifix
78% similar

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

Key facts for crucifier
PropertyValue
Headwordcrucifier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁy.si.fje\
Letters9
Frequency rank#42,260
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crucifier »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.crucifierse 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 « crédule » (#42,261), « crédulité » (#42,262), « crin » (#42,257). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crucifier » est au #42,260. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around crucifier (IPA \kʁy.si.fje\), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,260 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for crucifier, with forms such as "ccrucifier", "crcuifier", and "crrucifier". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "crucifix", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists 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 crucifier, spelled C-R-U-C-I-F-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre en croix pour faire mourir.
  2. 2
    Imposer des actes de mortification en vue de se purifier de ses péchés.
  3. 3
    Vouer aux gémonies, chercher à démolir publiquement.
  4. 4
    Tirer de telle manière que le gardien de but ne peut réagir pour arrêter le ballon et empêcher le but.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les Romains crucifièrent Jésus.
  2. J'entre parfois avec étonnement, comme un étranger chez ce peuple qui crucifie Dieu au-dessus des miroirs de sa salle à manger et dans le fond de son lit.

This word in other languages

crucify(English)crucificar(Español)kreuzigen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrucifier
  • crcuifier
  • crrucifier
  • cruccifier
  • crucfiier
  • crucifeir
  • cruciffier
  • crucifierr
  • crucifire
  • cruciifer
  • cruicfier
  • curcifier
  • rcucifier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccrucifier1crcuifier2crrucifier1cruccifier1crucfiier2crucifeir2cruciffier1crucifierr1
Edit distance from "crucifier"

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 "crucifier"?
"crucifier" is spelled C-R-U-C-I-F-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁy.si.fje\.
What does "crucifier" mean?
As a verb, "crucifier" means: Mettre en croix pour faire mourir.
What words are commonly confused with "crucifier"?
"crucifier" is commonly confused with "crucifix". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crucifier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crucifier" is \kʁy.si.fje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crucifier" come from?
"crucifier" 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 "crucifier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crédulité#42,262Dampierre#42,272constitua#42,244destroyer#42,278

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

cocotiers13 variantsdisquettes13 variantsdissonance13 variantsdistraite13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list