crochet
[kɾoˈt͡ʃet̪]
The verdict
“crochet” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,512 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,512
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de croché.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crochet |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɾoˈt͡ʃet̪] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,512 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crochet” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
crochet is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,512 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɾoˈt͡ʃet̪]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crochet, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is crochet, spelled C-R-O-C-H-E-T.
Definition
- 1Variante de croché.
- 2En los ungulados, cresta secundaria del metalofo.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “crochet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-R-O-C-H-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kɾoˈt͡ʃet̪] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.