CRC

noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,205

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

CRC is aFrenchnoun. It means: Outil logiciel permettant de détecter les erreurs de transmission ou de transfert des données. Often confused with CV and Ct.

Key facts for CRC
PropertyValue
HeadwordCRC
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#41,205
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for CRC is 3 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #41,205 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for CRC in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CV", "Ct", "Cs", 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 CRC, spelled C-R-C, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Outil logiciel permettant de détecter les erreurs de transmission ou de transfert des données.
  2. 2
    En France, comité régional conchylicole.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #41,205 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "CRC"?
"CRC" is spelled C-R-C.
What does "CRC" mean?
As a noun, "CRC" means: Outil logiciel permettant de détecter les erreurs de transmission ou de transfert des données.
What words are commonly confused with "CRC"?
"CRC" is commonly confused with "CV", "Ct", "Cs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "CRC" come from?
"CRC" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our French index:

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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.