Which to use
“croisade” and “croisades” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,943
- “croisade” frequency rank
- #18,975
- “croisades” frequency rank
- 30918
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | croisade | croisades |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ligue, expédition faite par les chrétiens contre les peuples hérétiques ou d’autres religions, ainsi nommée parce que ceux qui s’y engageaient portaient une croix sur leur habit. | Pluriel de croisade. |
Same sound, different letters: croisade vs croisades
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: croisade vs croisades
This is the hard kind. croisade and croisades are pronounced identically (\kʁwa.zad\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “croisade” sits inside “croisades”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
croisade is recorded at frequency rank #11,943, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁwa.zad\. croisades is at rank #18,975, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁwa.zad\.
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 30918, this pair ranks #307,166 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of croisade vs croisades
Shared letters: acdeiors. Private to "croisade": -. Private to "croisades": -.
"croisade" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCV · "croisades" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "croisade" and "croisades" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "croisade" or "croisades"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "croisade" / "croisades". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "croisade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "croisades" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,166 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "croisade" and "croisades" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "croisade vs croisait". 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 #307,166 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.