craquètement
\kʁa.kɛt.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“craquètement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de craqueter ou résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-craquetement · craquètement · French
craquètement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | craquètement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁa.kɛt.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « craquètement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
craquètement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁa.kɛt.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for craquètement in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is craquètement, spelled C-R-A-Q-U-È-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de craqueter ou résultat de cette action.
- 2Cri de la cigogne, de la grue, de la cigale, du grillon.
- 3Convulsion des muscles des mâchoires, qui fait craquer les dents.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how craquètement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les bruits de la brousse —craquements, caquètements, craquètements, cliquètements, coassements, croassements, criaillements, couinements, chuchotements— forment un langage secret.
La forêt alentour bruit de multiples sons sur fond du sourd bourdonnement des ruches ; frémissements des feuillages, froissements des herbes, craquètements ténus d’insectes, clapotis d’un ruisseau, craquements de brindilles sèches, petits cris perçants ou appels flûtés lancés par des oiseaux, chuchotis et sifflements du vent, et par instants, des aboiemen…
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.