crucigère

adj

The verdict

“crucigère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui porte une croix.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crucigere · crucigère · French

crucigère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for crucigère
PropertyValue
Headwordcrucigère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « crucigère » en français

crucigèresiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crucigère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui porte une croix.".

crucigère has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is crucigère, spelled C-R-U-C-I-G-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui porte une croix.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. la présentation du souverain sur l’avers : debout, couronné, tenant dans la main droite une longue croix et dans la main gauche le globe crucigère.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crucigère"?
"crucigère" is spelled C-R-U-C-I-G-È-R-E.
What does "crucigère" mean?
As an adjective, "crucigère" means: Qui porte une croix.
What language does "crucigère" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list