Craonne
\kʁan\
The verdict
“Craonne” is uncommon French (frequency #91,573 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,573
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aisne.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Craonne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kʁan\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Craonne” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Craonne is uncommon French at frequency #91,573 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kʁan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Craonne in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Craonne, spelled C-R-A-O-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aisne.
- 2Bataille qui s’y déroula en avril 1917.
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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Using “Craonne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-R-A-O-N-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kʁan\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.