craquer

/\kʁa.ke\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,144

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

craquer is aFrenchverb. It means: Produire un bruit sec par le frottement, par l’éclatement ou par la désorganisation de ses éléments. Pronounced \kʁa.ke\. It ranks #9,144 in French word frequency. Often confused with croque and crique.

Key facts for craquer
PropertyValue
Headwordcraquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁa.ke\
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,144
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of craquer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for craquer is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁa.ke\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,144 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for craquer, with forms such as "carquer", "ccraquer", and "craqeur". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "croque", "crique", "croquer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is craquer, spelled C-R-A-Q-U-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Produire un bruit sec par le frottement, par l’éclatement ou par la désorganisation de ses éléments.
  2. 2
    Donner des signes de ruine imminente ; ne pas supporter une pression trop importante, en particulier nerveuse.
  3. 3
    (Transitif indirect) Être irrésistiblement attiré, attirée.
  4. 4
    Se dit du cri de la cigogne, de la grue et de la cigale.
  5. 5
    Traiter un produit pétrolier par craquage.
  6. 6
    Forcer quelque chose avec violence.
  7. 7
    Supprimer une ou plusieurs protections dans un système informatique.
  8. 8
    Se fissurer.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: carquer,ccraquer,craqeur,craqquer,craquerr,craqure,crauqer,crqauer,crraquer,rcaquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for craquer

Misspelling Variants of "craquer"

carquer7ccraquer8craqeur7craqquer8craquerr8craqure7crauqer7crqauer7
Misspelling Variants of "craquer"

Frequency rank: #9,144 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "craquer"?
"craquer" is spelled C-R-A-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁa.ke\.
What does "craquer" mean?
As a verb, "craquer" means: Produire un bruit sec par le frottement, par l’éclatement ou par la désorganisation de ses éléments.
What words are commonly confused with "craquer"?
"craquer" is commonly confused with "croque", "crique", "croquer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "craquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "craquer" is \kʁa.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "craquer" come from?
"craquer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.