CrosvscuresTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#31,428
“Cros” frequency rank
#30,120
“cures” frequency rank
61548
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Cros cures
Definition Nom de famille. Pluriel de cure.

Letter map: Cros vs cures

Shared letters muted; letters that set Cros and cures apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
Cros
5 ch
cures

Grammar separator: Cros vs cures

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Cros is aname and curesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61548, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Cros is recorded at frequency rank #31,428, classified as aname. cures is at rank #30,120, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kyʁ\.

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 61548, this pair ranks #91,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Cros vs cures

Shared letters: crs. Private to "Cros": o. Private to "cures": eu.

"Cros" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "cures" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Crosccros · crros · crso · rcos
  • curesccures · cuers · curess · curres · curse · ucres

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Cros" and "cures" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Cros" is a name and "cures" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Cros" or "cures"?
"cures" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,120 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Cros" and "cures".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Cros" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #91,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Cros" and "cures" 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 #91,669 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