Which to use
“croisée” is a noun and “croisez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,556
- “croisée” frequency rank
- #37,261
- “croisez” frequency rank
- 48817
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | croisée | croisez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Croisement, carrefour, endroit où deux choses et spécialement deux routes se croisent. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de croiser. |
Same sound, different letters: croisée vs croisez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. croisée (CCVVCVV) and croisez (CCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - croisée / croisez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: croisée and croisez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kʁwa.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
croisée is recorded at frequency rank #11,556, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁwa.ze\. croisez is at rank #37,261, tagged as averb, 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 48817, this pair ranks #175,806 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of croisée vs croisez
Shared letters: ceiors. Private to "croisée": é. Private to "croisez": z.
"croisée" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVV · "croisez" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- croisez ← ccroisez · corisez · criosez · croiesz · croisezz · croissez · croisze · crosiez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "croisée" and "croisez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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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 "croisée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "croisez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #175,806 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "croisée" and "croisez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "croisez vs cruiser". 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 #175,806 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.