croisièrevscroisièresConfusable pair

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“croisière” and “croisières” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,224
“croisière” frequency rank
#20,107
“croisières” frequency rank
28331
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature croisière croisières
Definition Action de croiser. Pluriel de croisière.

Same sound, different letters: croisière vs croisières

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. croisière runs 9 letters (CCVVCVVCV) against croisières's 10 (CCVVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
croisière
10 ch
croisières

Ear matches; page differs - croisière and croisières

This is the hard kind. croisière and croisières are pronounced identically (\kʁwa.zjɛʁ\) and both work as anoun. 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 extra letter(s) - “croisière” sits inside “croisières”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28331, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

croisière is recorded at frequency rank #8,224, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁwa.zjɛʁ\. croisières is at rank #20,107, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁwa.zjɛʁ\.

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 28331, this pair ranks #323,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of croisière vs croisières

Shared letters: ceiorsè. Private to "croisière": -. Private to "croisières": -.

"croisière" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCVVCV  ·  "croisières" · 10 letters · shape CCVVCVVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "croisière" and "croisières" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\kʁwa.zjɛʁ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "croisière" or "croisières" show up more?
"croisière" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,224 in our French list, against #20,107 for "croisières". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "croisière" / "croisières". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "croisière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "croisières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #323,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "croisière" and "croisières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "croisera vs croisière". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #323,491 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list