close vs Cros, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“close” is an adjective and “Cros” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,842
“close” frequency rank: #31,428
“Cros” frequency rank: 42270
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	close	Cros
Definition	Féminin singulier de clos.	Nom de famille.

Letter map: close vs Cros

Shared letters muted; letters that set close and Cros apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

4 ch

Cros

Grammar separator: close vs Cros

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: close is anadjective and Crosaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42270, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

close is recorded at frequency rank #10,842, classified as anadj, pronounced \kloz\. Cros is at rank #31,428, tagged as aname.

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 42270, this pair ranks #226,879 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of close vs Cros

Shared letters: cos. Private to "close": el. Private to "Cros": r.

"close" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "Cros" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

close ← cclose · cllose · cloes · closse · clsoe · colse · lcose
Cros ← ccros · crros · crso · rcos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "close" for "Cros" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "close" is an adjective and "Cros" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "close" vs "Cros" - which ranks higher?

"close" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,842 in our French list, against #31,428 for "Cros". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "close" vs "Cros" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "close" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Cros" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #226,879 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"close" and "Cros" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciro vs Cros". 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 #226,879 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.