cracher le morceau
\kʁa.ʃe lə mɔʁ.so\
The verdict
“cracher le morceau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avouer ; dire ce que l’on sait.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cracher-le-morceau · cracher le morceau · French
cracher le morceau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | cracher le morceau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kʁa.ʃe lə mɔʁ.so\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cracher le morceau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kʁa.ʃe lə mɔʁ.so\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avouer ; dire ce que l’on sait.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cracher le morceau, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cracher le morceau, spelled C-R-A-C-H-E-R- -L-E- -M-O-R-C-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Avouer ; dire ce que l’on sait.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cracher le morceau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est ça Bitembois au point où t’en es tu ferais bien de cracher le morceau, et plus vite que ça, putain.
La lampe braquée dans les yeux, pris en étau entre le bon flic et le mauvais flic, quelqu’un finira bien par lâcher par inadvertance une information importante. Hélas, les Sancerrois ne sont pas du genre à cracher le morceau sans être acculés.
Synonyms
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.