cream cheese
\kʁim tʃiz\
The verdict
“cream cheese” 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) - Type de fromage frais nord-américain à tartiner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cream-cheese · cream cheese · French
cream cheese · 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 | cream cheese |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁim tʃiz\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cream cheese » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cream cheese is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁim tʃiz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Type de fromage frais nord-américain à tartiner.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cream cheese in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 cream cheese, spelled C-R-E-A-M- -C-H-E-E-S-E.
Definition
- 1Type de fromage frais nord-américain à tartiner.
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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.