Kroos

name

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The verdict

“Kroos” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,838. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,838
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kroos · Kroos · French

Kroos · rank #40,838 · 7 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,838
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Krishna

Nearest frequency peer: Krishna (-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 « Kroos »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Kroos » 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).

Kroos vs kris
40% similar
Kroos vs kool
40% similar
Kroos vs kilos
40% similar

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

Key facts for Kroos
PropertyValue
HeadwordKroos
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#40,838
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Kroos »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Kroosse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Krishna » (#40,837), « Lavallois » (#40,839), « kinésithérapeute » (#40,836). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Kroos » est au #40,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Kroos, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #40,838 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kroos, with forms such as "kkroos", "koros", and "krooss". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "kris", "kool", "kilos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Kroos, spelled K-R-O-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Actif sur le marché des transferts avec les arrivées de Jude Bellingham et Joselu, le Real Madrid a annoncé la prolongation de contrat d’un de ses joueurs cadres : Toni Kroos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • kkroos
  • koros
  • krooss
  • kros
  • kroso
  • krroos
  • rkoos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

kkroos1koros2krooss1kros1kroso2krroos1rkoos2
Edit distance from "Kroos"

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 "Kroos"?
"Kroos" is spelled K-R-O-O-S.
What does "Kroos" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kroos" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Kroos"?
"Kroos" is commonly confused with "kris", "kool", "kilos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Kroos" come from?
"Kroos" 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 "Kroos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

khmer#40,834kanté#40,833Jodie#40,828Lynda#40,849

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Killian7 variantsminis7 variantsgodet7 variantsobéis7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list