CrosvsCROUSTell them apart

Quick tell: Cros is a name, CROUS is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Cros” is a name and “CROUS” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,428
“Cros” frequency rank
#23,502
“CROUS” frequency rank
54930
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Cros CROUS
Definition Nom de famille. Organisme chargé des œuvres sociales, de l’hébergement et de la restauration des étudiants.

Letter map: Cros vs CROUS

Shared letters muted; letters that set Cros and CROUS apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

4 ch
Cros
5 ch
CROUS

Role in the sentence - Cros and CROUS

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Cros is aname and CROUSanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54930, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Cros is recorded at frequency rank #31,428, classified as aname. CROUS is at rank #23,502, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁus\.

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 54930, this pair ranks #130,741 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Cros vs CROUS

Shared letters: cors. Private to "Cros": -. Private to "CROUS": u.

"Cros" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "CROUS" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Crosccros · crros · crso · rcos
  • CROUSccrous · crosu · crouss · crrous · cruos · rcous

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Cros" and "CROUS" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Cros" is a name and "CROUS" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Cros" vs "CROUS" - which ranks higher?
"CROUS" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,502 in our French list, against #31,428 for "Cros". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Cros" and "CROUS". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Cros" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "CROUS" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #130,741 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Cros" and "CROUS" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciro vs Cros". 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 #130,741 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