croquembouche
/ˌkɹɑkəmˈbuʃ/noun
croquembouche is spelled C-R-O-Q-U-E-M-B-O-U-C-H-E: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, croquembouche means “A French dessert made by piling profiteroles and other crunchy sweets in a tall shape, then pouring caramel over them to hold them in place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of croquembouche is croquembouches.
How many letters and syllables are in croquembouche?
| Letters | 13: C-R-O-Q-U-E-M-B-O-U-C-H-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is croquembouche?
Croquembouche appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce croquembouche?
- UK /ˌkɹɒkɒmˈbuːʃ/
- US /ˌkɹɑkəmˈbuʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with croquembouche?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as croquembouche from its last stressed vowel (/uʃ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of croquembouche
- croquembouches plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does croquembouche mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A French dessert made by piling profiteroles and other crunchy sweets in a tall shape, then pouring caramel over them to hold them in place.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Croquembouche in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense French dessert made from a pile of profiteroles coated with caramel:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | croquembouche |
| German | Croquembouche, Krachgebäck |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does croquembouche come from?
Borrowed from French croquembouche (literally “crunch-in-mouth”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).