crâne en peau de fesse
\kʁɑ.n‿ɑ̃ po də fɛs\
The verdict
“crâne en peau de fesse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Crâne chauve.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crane-en-peau-de-fesse · crâne en peau de fesse · French
crâne en peau de fesse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | crâne en peau de fesse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁɑ.n‿ɑ̃ po də fɛs\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
crâne en peau de fesse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɑ.n‿ɑ̃ po də fɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Crâne chauve.".
crâne en peau de fesse has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 crâne en peau de fesse, spelled C-R-Â-N-E- -E-N- -P-E-A-U- -D-E- -F-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Crâne chauve.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crâne en peau de fesse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il passe sans arrêt sa main fine sur son crâne en peau de fesse véritable.
This word in other languages
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.