crawl
\kʁɔl\
The verdict
“crawl” is an uncommon French word, ranked #53,235 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #53,235
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nage en position ventrale associant des battements de jambes dans le sens vertical et des mouvements de bras circulaires, verticaux et alternés dans le sens de la nage.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crawl |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁɔl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crawl” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for crawl is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁɔl\. Corpus data places it at rank #53,235 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for crawl, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is crawl, spelled C-R-A-W-L.
Definition
- 1Nage en position ventrale associant des battements de jambes dans le sens vertical et des mouvements de bras circulaires, verticaux et alternés dans le sens de la nage.
- 2Message ou générique défilant verticalement ou horizontalement sur fond neutre ou en superposition d’images statiques ou animées.
Synonyms
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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.
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Using “crawl”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-R-A-W-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kʁɔl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.