craignions

\kʁɛ.ɲjɔ̃\

/\kʁɛ.ɲjɔ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“craignions” is uncommon French (frequency #93,643 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,643
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de craindre.

Key facts for craignions
PropertyValue
Headwordcraignions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁɛ.ɲjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#93,643
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “craignions” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). craignions lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

craignions is uncommon French at frequency #93,643 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kʁɛ.ɲjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

craignions doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 craignions, spelled C-R-A-I-G-N-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de craindre.
  2. 2
    Première personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de craindre.

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 "craignions"?
"craignions" is spelled C-R-A-I-G-N-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɛ.ɲjɔ̃\.
What does "craignions" mean?
As a verb, "craignions" means: Première personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de craindre.
How do you pronounce "craignions"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "craignions" is \kʁɛ.ɲjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "craignions" come from?
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Using “craignions”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-R-A-I-G-N-I-O-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kʁɛ.ɲjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list