Which to use
“croisé” is an adjective and “croisée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,962
- “croisé” frequency rank
- #11,556
- “croisée” frequency rank
- 17518
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | croisé | croisée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie des choses qui se recouvrent en croix, ou approximativement. | Croisement, carrefour, endroit où deux choses et spécialement deux routes se croisent. |
Same sound, different letters: croisé vs croisée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - croisé / croisée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: croisé and croisée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kʁwa.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “croisé” sits inside “croisée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17518, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
croisé is recorded at frequency rank #5,962, classified as anadj, pronounced \kʁwa.ze\. croisée is at rank #11,556, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁwa.ze\.
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 17518, this pair ranks #382,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of croisé vs croisée
Shared letters: ciorsé. Private to "croisé": -. Private to "croisée": e.
"croisé" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "croisée" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
"croisé" and "croisée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "croisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "croisée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "croisé" and "croisée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "croisée vs cruiser". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #382,776 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.