Which to use
“crassus” and “crosses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,246
- “crassus” frequency rank
- #47,268
- “crosses” frequency rank
- 86514
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crassus | crosses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Quelqu’un qui cherche toujours à se soustraire par la ruse à la moindre tâche ou corvée. | Pluriel de crosse. |
Where the eye mixes crassus and crosses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. crassus and crosses follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: crassus vs crosses
A purely visual mix-up. crassus (\kʁa.sys\) 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 86514, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crassus is recorded at frequency rank #39,246, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁa.sys\. 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 86514, this pair ranks #9,600 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crassus vs crosses
Shared letters: crs. Private to "crassus": au. Private to "crosses": eo.
"crassus" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "crosses" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "crassus" and "crosses" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "crassus" vs "crosses" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "crassus" 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 #9,600 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crassus" and "crosses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "causses vs crosses". 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 #9,600 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.