crouton
/ˈkɹutɑn/noun
crouton is spelled C-R-O-U-T-O-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crouton means “A small, often seasoned, piece of dry or fried bread” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crouton is croutons or croûtons.
How many letters and syllables are in crouton?
| Letters | 7: C-R-O-U-T-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 crouton?
Crouton appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th 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 crouton?
- UK /ˈkɹuːtɒn/
- US /ˈkɹutɑn/
- US /kɹuˈtɑn/
Crouton has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-crouton.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with crouton?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as crouton from its last stressed vowel (/utɑn/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: contour.
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 crouton
- croutons plural
- croûton
- croûtons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crouton mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small, often seasoned, piece of dry or fried bread.
- 2
slangA Glock switch.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of crouton.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crouton in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small piece of bread:
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 crouton come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French croûton. Compare croute.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).