skicross
\ski.kʁɔs\
The verdict
“skicross” is uncommon French (frequency #99,647 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,647
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Discipline sportive de ski acrobatique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | skicross |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ski.kʁɔs\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #99,647 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “skicross” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
skicross is uncommon French at frequency #99,647 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ski.kʁɔs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Discipline sportive de ski acrobatique.".
No misspelling variants are generated for skicross in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is skicross, spelled S-K-I-C-R-O-S-S.
Definition
- 1Discipline sportive de ski acrobatique.
Synonyms
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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 “skicross”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-K-I-C-R-O-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ski.kʁɔs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.