crêpe
/kɹɛp/
"crepe" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crêpe” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of crepe.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crepe · crêpe · English
crêpe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crêpe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɹɛp/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “crêpe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
crêpe is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɹɛp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of crepe.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crêpe, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is crêpe, spelled C-R-Ê-P-E.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of crepe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crêpe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wallace’s crêpes are plain, with just powdered sugar and strawberries on the side.
This word in other languages
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.