Which to use
“croisent” and “croises” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,652
- “croisent” frequency rank
- #30,966
- “croises” frequency rank
- 45618
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | croisent | croises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de croiser. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de croiser. |
Same sound, different letters: croisent vs croises
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. croisent runs 8 letters (CCVVCVCC) against croises's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: croisent vs croises
This is the hard kind. croisent and croises are pronounced identically (\kʁwaz\) and both work as averb. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45618, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
croisent is recorded at frequency rank #14,652, classified as averb, pronounced \kʁwaz\. croises is at rank #30,966, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁwaz\.
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 45618, this pair ranks #201,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of croisent vs croises
Shared letters: ceiors. Private to "croisent": nt. Private to "croises": -.
"croisent" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCC · "croises" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "croisent" and "croises" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "croisent" vs "croises" - 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 "croisent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "croises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "croisent" and "croises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "croises 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 #201,341 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.