Which to use
“croisé” and “croisées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,962
- “croisé” frequency rank
- #18,976
- “croisées” frequency rank
- 24938
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | croisé | croisées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie des choses qui se recouvrent en croix, ou approximativement. | Féminin pluriel de croisé. |
Same sound, different letters: croisé vs croisées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. croisé runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against croisées's 8 (CCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: croisé vs croisées
This is the hard kind. croisé and croisées are pronounced identically (\kʁwa.ze\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “croisé” sits inside “croisées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24938, 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\. croisées is at rank #18,976, tagged as anadj, 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 24938, this pair ranks #343,700 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of croisé vs croisées
Shared letters: ciorsé. Private to "croisé": -. Private to "croisées": e.
"croisé" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "croisées" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "croisé" and "croisées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "croisé" vs "croisées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "croisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "croisées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,700 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "croisé" and "croisées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "croisées vs crosses". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #343,700 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.