cruise

\kʁuz\

/\kʁuz\/ verb

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The verdict

“cruise” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,820. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,820
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de cruiser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cruise · cruise · French

cruise · rank #22,820 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,820
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH credo

Nearest frequency peer: credo (-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 « cruise »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cruise » 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).

cruise vs crus
67% similar
cruise vs cuire
67% similar
cruise vs cuite
67% similar

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

Key facts for cruise
PropertyValue
Headwordcruise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁuz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,820
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cruise »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cruisese 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 « credo » (#22,819), « crustacés » (#22,821), « crapaud » (#22,818). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cruise » est au #22,820. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around cruise (IPA \kʁuz\), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,820 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cruise, with forms such as "ccruise", "criuse", and "crruise". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "crus", "cuire", "cuite", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cruise, spelled C-R-U-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de cruiser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de cruiser.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de cruiser.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de cruiser.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de cruiser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccruise
  • criuse
  • crruise
  • cruies
  • cruisse
  • crusie
  • curise
  • rcuise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccruise1criuse2crruise1cruies2cruisse1crusie2curise2rcuise2
Edit distance from "cruise"

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 "cruise"?
"cruise" is spelled C-R-U-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁuz\.
What does "cruise" mean?
As a verb, "cruise" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de cruiser.
What words are commonly confused with "cruise"?
"cruise" is commonly confused with "crus", "cuire", "cuite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cruise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cruise" is \kʁuz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cruise" come from?
"cruise" 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 "cruise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dalton#22,827Darius#22,828Deezer#22,829doutez#22,831

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

créez8 variantsdévore8 variantsClyde8 variantsenfile8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list