crucifier
\kʁy.si.fje\
The verdict
“crucifier” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #42,260 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #42,260
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mettre en croix pour faire mourir.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crucifier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kʁy.si.fje\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #42,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crucifier” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for crucifier is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁy.si.fje\. Corpus data places it at rank #42,260 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Mettre en croix pour faire mourir.
- 2Imposer des actes de mortification en vue de se purifier de ses péchés.
- 3Vouer aux gémonies, chercher à démolir publiquement.
- 4Tirer de telle manière que le gardien de but ne peut réagir pour arrêter le ballon et empêcher le but.
This word in other languages
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.
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 “crucifier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-R-U-C-I-F-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kʁy.si.fje\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “crucifix” - see the side-by-side comparison. crucifier vs crucifix
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.