Which to use
“causses” and “crosses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,974
- “causses” frequency rank
- #47,268
- “crosses” frequency rank
- 96242
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | causses | crosses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de causse. | Pluriel de crosse. |
Where the eye mixes causses and crosses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. causses (CVVCCVC) and crosses (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: causses vs crosses
A purely visual mix-up. causses (\kos\) and crosses (\kʁɔs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 96242, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
causses is recorded at frequency rank #48,974, classified as anoun, pronounced \kos\. crosses is at rank #47,268, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɔs\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 96242, this pair ranks #746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of causses vs crosses
Shared letters: ces. Private to "causses": au. Private to "crosses": or.
"causses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "crosses" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "causses" for "crosses" ever safe?
Frequency check: "causses" vs "crosses" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "causses" and "crosses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "causses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crosses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "causses" and "crosses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "causses vs chausser". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #746 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.