crêpe

/kɹɛp/

//kɹɛp// noun

"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.

Key facts for crêpe
PropertyValue
Headwordcrêpe
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɹɛp/
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “crêpe” in English

crêperanks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of crepe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how crêpe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crêpe"?
"crêpe" is spelled C-R-Ê-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is /kɹɛp/.
What does "crêpe" mean?
As a noun, "crêpe" means: Alternative spelling of crepe.
How do you pronounce "crêpe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crêpe" is /kɹɛp/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crêpe" come from?
"crêpe" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list