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“crise” and “croce” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,109
“crise” frequency rank
#44,404
“croce” frequency rank
45513
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature crise croce
Definition Changement en bien ou en mal qui survient dans le cours d’une maladie et s’annonce par quelques phénomènes particuliers, comme une excrétion abondante, une hémorragie considérable, des sueurs, un dépôt dans les urines, etc. Crosse.

Letter map: crise vs croce

Shared letters muted; letters that set crise and croce apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. crise and croce follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
crise
5 ch
croce

Spelling & dictionary notes on crise vs croce

crise and croce are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

crise is recorded at frequency rank #1,109, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁiz\. croce is at rank #44,404, tagged as anoun.

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 45513, this pair ranks #202,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of crise vs croce

Shared letters: cer. Private to "crise": is. Private to "croce": o.

"crise" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "croce" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • crise ← ccrise · cirse · crrise · crsie · rcise
  • croce ← ccroce · corce · crcoe · crocce · croec · crroce · rcoce

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "crise" and "croce" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "crise" vs "croce" - which ranks higher?
"crise" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,109 in our French list, against #44,404 for "croce". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "crise" and "croce". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "crise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "croce" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #202,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "crise" and "croce" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE vs croce". 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 #202,191 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list