craquer

\kʁa.ke\

/\kʁa.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“craquer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,144. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,144
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Produire un bruit sec par le frottement, par l’éclatement ou par la désorganisation de ses éléments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-craquer · craquer · French

craquer · rank #9,144 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,144
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH convenu

Nearest frequency peer: convenu (-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 « craquer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « craquer » 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).

craquer vs croque
71% similar
craquer vs crique
71% similar
craquer vs croquer
86% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « craquer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).craquerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « convenu » (#9,143), « dallas » (#9,145), « constance » (#9,142). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « craquer » est au #9,144. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around craquer (IPA \kʁa.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,144 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for craquer, with forms such as "carquer", "ccraquer", and "craqeur". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "croque", "crique", "croquer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 craquer, spelled C-R-A-Q-U-E-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les blocs de glace craquaient avec un bruit effroyable, et déjà, par de certaines oscillations, il s’y creusait des failles qui devaient en compromettre la solidité.
  2. Pensif, la tête baissée, il montait l'escalier qui craquait sous ses pieds; […]

This word in other languages

creak(English)crujir(Español)knarren(Deutsch)quebrar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • carquer
  • ccraquer
  • craqeur
  • craqquer
  • craquerr
  • craqure
  • crauqer
  • crqauer
  • crraquer
  • rcaquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of craquer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

carquer2ccraquer1craqeur2craqquer1craquerr1craqure2crauqer2crqauer2
Edit distance from "craquer"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

convenu#9,143conquis#9,141chaises#9,130départs#9,158

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

barrages10 variantshonorer10 variantsamendes10 variantsjustesse10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list