crachent

\kʁaʃ\

/\kʁaʃ\/ verb

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The verdict

“crachent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,117. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,117
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de cracher.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crachent · crachent · French

crachent · rank #30,117 · 13 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,117
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH courageusement

Nearest frequency peer: courageusement (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « crachent »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « crachent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

crachent vs crochet
75% similar
crachent vs cracher
75% similar
crachent vs craquent
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for crachent
PropertyValue
Headwordcrachent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁaʃ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,117
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crachent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.crachentse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « courageusement » (#30,116), « creusant » (#30,118), « cosaques » (#30,115). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crachent » est au #30,117. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around crachent (IPA \kʁaʃ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,117 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for crachent, with forms such as "carchent", "ccrachent", and "cracchent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "crochet", "cracher", "craquent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 crachent, spelled C-R-A-C-H-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de cracher.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de cracher.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • carchent
  • ccrachent
  • cracchent
  • cracehnt
  • crachennt
  • crachentt
  • crachetn
  • crachhent
  • crachnet
  • crahcent
  • crcahent
  • crrachent
  • rcachent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crachent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

carchent2ccrachent1cracchent1cracehnt2crachennt1crachentt1crachetn2crachhent1
Edit distance from "crachent"

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 "crachent"?
"crachent" is spelled C-R-A-C-H-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁaʃ\.
What does "crachent" mean?
As a verb, "crachent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de cracher.
What words are commonly confused with "crachent"?
"crachent" is commonly confused with "crochet", "cracher", "craquent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crachent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crachent" is \kʁaʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crachent" come from?
"crachent" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

creusant#30,118cosaques#30,115continus#30,110Delaunay#30,124

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

corsaires13 variantscontainer13 variantscoloniser13 variantsclochers13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list