craindre

/\kʁɛ̃dʁ\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,648

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

craindre is aFrenchverb. It means: Envisager par la pensée quelqu’un ou quelque chose comme devant être nuisible, dangereux. Pronounced \kʁɛ̃dʁ\. It ranks #5,648 in French word frequency. Often confused with crainte and cylindre.

Key facts for craindre
PropertyValue
Headwordcraindre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁɛ̃dʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,648
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of craindre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for craindre is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁɛ̃dʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,648 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for craindre, with forms such as "carindre", "ccraindre", and "craidnre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "crainte", "cylindre", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is craindre, spelled C-R-A-I-N-D-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Envisager par la pensée quelqu’un ou quelque chose comme devant être nuisible, dangereux.
  2. 2
    Respecter, révérer.
  3. 3
    Être susceptible de subir certaines choses qui peuvent atteindre, endommager ou détruire.
  4. 4
    Présenter un risque, être dangereux, en parlant d'une personne ou d'une situation.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: carindre,ccraindre,craidnre,crainddre,crainder,craindrre,crainndre,crainrde,cranidre,criandre,crraindre,rcaindre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for craindre

Misspelling Variants of "craindre"

carindre8ccraindre9craidnre8crainddre9crainder8craindrre9crainndre9crainrde8
Misspelling Variants of "craindre"

Frequency rank: #5,648 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "craindre"?
"craindre" is spelled C-R-A-I-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɛ̃dʁ\.
What does "craindre" mean?
As a verb, "craindre" means: Envisager par la pensée quelqu’un ou quelque chose comme devant être nuisible, dangereux.
What words are commonly confused with "craindre"?
"craindre" is commonly confused with "crainte", "cylindre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "craindre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "craindre" is \kʁɛ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "craindre" come from?
"craindre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.