craquent

\kʁak\

/\kʁak\/ verb

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The verdict

“craquent” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,204. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,204
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de craquer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-craquent · craquent · French

craquent · rank #41,204 · 12 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,204
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH crapauds

Nearest frequency peer: crapauds (-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 « craquent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « craquent » 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).

craquent vs craquer
75% similar
craquent vs croquant
75% similar
craquent vs krach
25% similar

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

Key facts for craquent
PropertyValue
Headwordcraquent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁak\
Letters8
Frequency rank#41,204
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « craquent »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « crapauds » (#41,203), « CRC » (#41,205), « crans » (#41,202). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « craquent » est au #41,204. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around craquent (IPA \kʁak\), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,204 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for craquent, with forms such as "carquent", "ccraquent", and "craqeunt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "craquer", "croquant", "krach", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is craquent, spelled C-R-A-Q-U-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de craquer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de craquer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il a dit que, dans la situation hyperstressante que nous traversions, il était normal que les plus faibles craquent.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • carquent
  • ccraquent
  • craqeunt
  • craqquent
  • craquennt
  • craquentt
  • craquetn
  • craqunet
  • crauqent
  • crqauent
  • crraquent
  • rcaquent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

carquent2ccraquent1craqeunt2craqquent1craquennt1craquentt1craquetn2craqunet2
Edit distance from "craquent"

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 "craquent"?
"craquent" is spelled C-R-A-Q-U-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁak\.
What does "craquent" mean?
As a verb, "craquent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de craquer.
What words are commonly confused with "craquent"?
"craquent" is commonly confused with "craquer", "croquant", "krach". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "craquent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "craquent" is \kʁak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "craquent" come from?
"craquent" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crapauds#41,203couettes#41,199cumulant#41,209curateur#41,210

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

chauffent12 variantsbédouins12 variantsbronzés12 variantsBrestois12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list