crepuscule
/ˈkɹɛp.ʊˌskjuːl/
"crepuscule" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crepuscule” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Twilight.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crepuscule · crepuscule · English
crepuscule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | crepuscule |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹɛp.ʊˌskjuːl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “crepuscule” in English
Rare enough to double-check
crepuscule is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɹɛp.ʊˌskjuːl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Twilight.".
crepuscule has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French crepuscule m, ultimately from Latin crepusculum n. The correct English form is crepuscule, spelled C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Twilight.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crepuscule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Van watched them with the same pleasurable awe he had experienced as a child, when, lost in the purple crepuscule of an Italian hotel garden, in an alley of cypresses, he supposed they were golden ghouls or the passing fancies of the garden.
Etymology
From Middle French crepuscule m, ultimately from Latin crepusculum n.
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.