crus

\kʁy\

/\kʁy\/ adj

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The verdict

“crus” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,557. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,557
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de cru.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crus · crus · French

crus · rank #11,557 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,557
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH croisée

Nearest frequency peer: croisée (-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 « crus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « crus » 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).

crus vs Cs
25% similar
crus vs cul
50% similar
crus vs cup
50% similar

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

Key facts for crus
PropertyValue
Headwordcrus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kʁy\
Letters4
Frequency rank#11,557
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crus »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.crusse 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 « croisée » (#11,556), « créatif » (#11,558), « coupures » (#11,555). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crus » est au #11,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around crus (IPA \kʁy\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,557 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de cru.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for crus, with forms such as "ccrus", "crrus", and "crsu". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cs", "cul", "cup", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is crus, spelled C-R-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de cru.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. « Les poissons crus et les fruits de mer crus sont déconseillés chez la femme enceinte », ajoute le Dʳ Plumey.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrus
  • crrus
  • crsu
  • cruss
  • curs
  • rcus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccrus1crrus1crsu2cruss1curs2rcus2
Edit distance from "crus"

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 "crus"?
"crus" is spelled C-R-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁy\.
What does "crus" mean?
As an adjective, "crus" means: Masculin pluriel de cru.
What words are commonly confused with "crus"?
"crus" is commonly confused with "Cs", "cul", "cup". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crus" is \kʁy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crus" come from?
"crus" 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 "crus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dion#11,564eddy#11,573casa#11,535amas#11,519

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Anjou6 variantsjoies6 variantswalt6 variantsusure6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list