craqueter
\kʁa.kə.te\
The verdict
“craqueter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Craquer souvent et avec petit bruit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-craqueter · craqueter · French
craqueter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | craqueter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kʁa.kə.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « craqueter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
craqueter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kʁa.kə.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for craqueter, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is craqueter, spelled C-R-A-Q-U-E-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Craquer souvent et avec petit bruit.
- 2Pousser le cri particulier à son espèce, en parlant de la cigogne, de la grue, de la cigale, du grillon.
- 3Faire craquer ses dents par une convulsion des muscles des mâchoires.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how craqueter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le sel craquette quand on le jette dans le feu.
Magali s’éclipse et, sur le chemin du retour, écoute les cigales qui craquettent allègrement dans toute la garrigue.
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.