crème caramel
"creme-caramel" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crème caramel” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A baked custard with a soft caramel top.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crème caramel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crème caramel” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for crème caramel is 13 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A baked custard with a soft caramel top.".
crème caramel has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French crème caramel. The correct English form is crème caramel, spelled C-R-È-M-E- -C-A-R-A-M-E-L.
Definition
- 1A baked custard with a soft caramel top.
Etymology
Borrowed from French crème caramel.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “crème caramel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-È-M-E- -C-A-R-A-M-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.