accroupie

\a.kʁu.pi\

/\a.kʁu.pi\/ adj

The verdict

“accroupie” is uncommon French (frequency #55,713 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,713
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de accroupi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accroupie · accroupie · French

accroupie · rank #55,713 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,713
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH acceptions

Nearest frequency peer: acceptions (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « accroupie »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « accroupie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for accroupie
PropertyValue
Headwordaccroupie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.kʁu.pi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,713
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « accroupie » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.accroupietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « acceptions » (#55,712), « accusateurs » (#55,714), « Acad » (#55,711). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accroupie » est au #55,713. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

accroupie is uncommon French at frequency #55,713 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.kʁu.pi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de accroupi.".

accroupie has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is accroupie, spelled A-C-C-R-O-U-P-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de accroupi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how accroupie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La femme accroupie qui urinait en plein jour derrière un baraquement servant de café, en bordure des ruines, à Yvetot, après la guerre, se renculottait debout, jupe relevée, et s’en retournait au café.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "accroupie"?
"accroupie" is spelled A-C-C-R-O-U-P-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kʁu.pi\.
What does "accroupie" mean?
As an adjective, "accroupie" means: Féminin singulier de accroupi.
How do you pronounce "accroupie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accroupie" is \a.kʁu.pi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accroupie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "accroupie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list