cradle
\ˈkɹeɪ.dl̩\
The verdict
“cradle” is uncommon French (frequency #61,428 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,428
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Berceau.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cradle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈkɹeɪ.dl̩\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cradle” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cradle is uncommon French at frequency #61,428 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkɹeɪ.dl̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Berceau.".
Zero misspellings are on record for cradle in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cradle, spelled C-R-A-D-L-E.
Definition
- 1Berceau.
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.
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Using “cradle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-R-A-D-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.