craps

\kʁaps\

/\kʁaps\/ noun

The verdict

“craps” is uncommon French (frequency #92,594 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,594
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu d'argent qui se joue avec deux dés, généralement dans les casinos.

Corpus desk

Index FR-craps · craps · French

craps · rank #92,594 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,594
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coutelier

Nearest frequency peer: coutelier (-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 « craps »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « craps » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for craps
PropertyValue
Headwordcraps
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁaps\
Letters5
Frequency rank#92,594
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « craps » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).crapstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « coutelier » (#92,593), « cravacher » (#92,595), « Creusois » (#92,596). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « craps » est au #92,594. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

craps is uncommon French at frequency #92,594 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁaps\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jeu d'argent qui se joue avec deux dés, généralement dans les casinos.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for craps, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is craps, spelled C-R-A-P-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeu d'argent qui se joue avec deux dés, généralement dans les casinos.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le craps, comme le black-jack, est un jeu « boomerang » puisqu’il s’agit de la passe anglaise, née en France, et qui nous est revenue via les États-Unis.

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); 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 "craps"?
"craps" is spelled C-R-A-P-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁaps\.
What does "craps" mean?
As a noun, "craps" means: Jeu d'argent qui se joue avec deux dés, généralement dans les casinos.
How do you pronounce "craps"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "craps" is \kʁaps\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "craps" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list