crachement
\kʁaʃ.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“crachement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de cracher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crachement · crachement · French
crachement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crachement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁaʃ.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crachement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crachement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁaʃ.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for crachement, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is crachement, spelled C-R-A-C-H-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de cracher.
- 2Crachat.
- 3Bruit parasite dû à des mauvais contacts dans les équipements audio.
- 4Étincelles qui se produisent dans un appareil électrique en mauvais état.
- 5Fuite intermittente par une soupape de sécurité, ou un joint défectueux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crachement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Crachement continuel.
Tous les courtisans furent fâchés ; l'envieux en eut un crachement de sang, et le nez lui enfla prodigieusement.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.