Which to use
“croissant” and “croissants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,545
- “croissant” frequency rank
- #17,105
- “croissants” frequency rank
- 22650
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | croissant | croissants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui s’accroît ; qui va augmentant. | Masculin pluriel de croissant. |
Same sound, different letters: croissant vs croissants
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. croissant runs 9 letters (CCVVCCVCC) against croissants's 10 (CCVVCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - croissant and croissants
This is the hard kind. croissant and croissants are pronounced identically (\kʁwa.sɑ̃\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “croissant” sits inside “croissants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22650, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
croissant is recorded at frequency rank #5,545, classified as anadj, pronounced \kʁwa.sɑ̃\. croissants is at rank #17,105, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kʁwa.sɑ̃\.
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 22650, this pair ranks #356,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of croissant vs croissants
Shared letters: acinorst. Private to "croissant": -. Private to "croissants": -.
"croissant" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVCC · "croissants" · 10 letters · shape CCVVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- croissant ← ccroissant · corissant · criossant · croisasnt · croissannt · croissantt · croissatn · croissnat
- croissants ← ccroissants · corissants · criossants · croisants · croisasnts · croissannts · croissanst · croissantss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "croissant" for "croissants" ever safe?
Frequency check: "croissant" vs "croissants" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "croissant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "croissants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "croissant" and "croissants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "croissants vs croissent". 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 #356,841 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.