croquette
/kɹoʊˈkɛt/noun
croquette is spelled C-R-O-Q-U-E-T-T-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, croquette means “A minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of croquette is croquettes.
How many letters and syllables are in croquette?
| Letters | 9: C-R-O-Q-U-E-T-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 128,787th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is croquette?
Croquette appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th 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 croquette?
- /kɹoʊˈkɛt/
- /kɹɔˈkɛt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-croquette.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of croquette
- croquettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does croquette mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs.
chicken croquettes
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Croquette in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense food:
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 croquette come from?
Borrowed from French croquette, from croquer (“to crunch”) + -ette (suffix indicating diminution). Doublet of korokke.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).