Which to use
“croiser” and “croisez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,418
- “croiser” frequency rank
- #37,261
- “croisez” frequency rank
- 44679
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | croiser | croisez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Disposer en forme de croix. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de croiser. |
Same sound, different letters: croiser vs croisez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. croiser and croisez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - croiser / croisez
This is the hard kind. croiser and croisez are pronounced identically (\kʁwa.ze\) 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 a single letter - r in “croiser” becomes z in “croisez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44679, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
croiser is recorded at frequency rank #7,418, classified as averb, 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 44679, this pair ranks #208,644 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of croiser vs croisez
Shared letters: ceiors. Private to "croiser": -. Private to "croisez": z.
"croiser" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "croisez" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "croiser" for "croisez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "croiser" vs "croisez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"croiser" and "croisez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "croiser" 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 #208,644 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "croiser" 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 #208,644 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.