crânement
\kʁa.n(ə).mɑ̃\
The verdict
“crânement” is uncommon French (frequency #90,596 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,596
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En crânant, en voulant en remontrer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cranement · crânement · French
crânement · rank #90,596 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,596
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cryothérapie
Nearest frequency peer: cryothérapie (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « crânement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- crom
crom
9,408 corpus weight
- cryothérapie
cryothérapie
9,406 corpus weight
- crânement
crânement
9,405 corpus weight
- curviligne
curviligne
9,404 corpus weight
- cybernétiqu…
cybernétiques
9,403 corpus weight
- câbler
câbler
9,402 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « crânement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crânement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \kʁa.n(ə).mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crânement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crânement is uncommon French at frequency #90,596 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \kʁa.n(ə).mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for crânement in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 crânement, spelled C-R-Â-N-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1En crânant, en voulant en remontrer.
- 2D’une manière crâne, intrépide ou hardie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crânement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ensuite il y eut un grand moment participatif de débat citoyen, que Mlle. Muchielli qualifia crânement d’Agora.
Aujourd’hui la muse, gaillarde Au corset crânement ouvert, Arbore comme une cocarde L’affreux bonnet, le bonnet vert; …
Synonyms
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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