crâne

\kʁɑn\

/\kʁɑn\/ noun

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The verdict

“crâne” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,659. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,659
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Assemblage des os de la tête, partie du squelette destinée à protéger l’encéphale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crane · crâne · French

crâne · rank #4,659 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,659
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH costume

Nearest frequency peer: costume (-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 « crâne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « crâne » 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).

crâne vs Cré
20% similar
crâne vs crée
60% similar
crâne vs Crie
40% similar

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

Key facts for crâne
PropertyValue
Headwordcrâne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁɑn\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,659
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crâne »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).crânese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « costume » (#4,658), « curiosité » (#4,660), « consultation » (#4,657). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crâne » est au #4,659. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around crâne (IPA \kʁɑn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,659 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for crâne, with forms such as "ccrâne", "crane", and "crnâe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cré", "crée", "Crie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is crâne, spelled C-R-Â-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Assemblage des os de la tête, partie du squelette destinée à protéger l’encéphale.
  2. 2
    Tête.
  3. 3
    Le cerveau, la pensée.
  4. 4
    Homme hardi et querelleur.
  5. 5
    Nom vernaculaire de la vesse-loup ou lycoperdon.
  6. 6
    Bagnard évadé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how crâne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le crâne morvandeau, en définitive, semble trouver son indice moyen de largeur vers 84, ce qui le classe, sous ce rapport, avec les autres populations du type celtique.
  2. Des fenêtres, là-haut, s’ouvrent, creuses et noires comme des orbites béantes dans le crâne d’un squelette.

Synonyms

boite crâniennetête de morttête-de-mort

This word in other languages

skull(English)cráneo(Español)Schädel(Deutsch)crânio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrâne
  • crane
  • crnâe
  • crrâne
  • crâen
  • crânne
  • cârne
  • rcâne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccrâne1crane1crnâe2crrâne1crâen2crânne1cârne2rcâne2
Edit distance from "crâne"

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 "crâne"?
"crâne" is spelled C-R-Â-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɑn\.
What does "crâne" mean?
As a noun, "crâne" means: Assemblage des os de la tête, partie du squelette destinée à protéger l’encéphale.
What words are commonly confused with "crâne"?
"crâne" is commonly confused with "Cré", "crée", "Crie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crâne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crâne" is \kʁɑn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crâne" come from?
"crâne" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dépit#4,666excès#4,668boule#4,648barbe#4,645

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

duquel8 variantscalmer8 variantsgenoux8 variantsXavier8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list