crécerelle

\kʁɛs.ʁɛl\

/\kʁɛs.ʁɛl\/ noun

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The verdict

“crécerelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire spécifique d'une espèce de petit faucon de la famille des falconidés, Falco tinnunculus, l’un des rapaces les plus communs en France (cf. faucon crécerelle).

Key facts for crécerelle
PropertyValue
Headwordcrécerelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁɛs.ʁɛl\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “crécerelle” sits in French frequency

crécerelle falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crécerelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɛs.ʁɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for crécerelle in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is crécerelle, spelled C-R-É-C-E-R-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom vernaculaire spécifique d'une espèce de petit faucon de la famille des falconidés, Falco tinnunculus, l’un des rapaces les plus communs en France (cf. faucon crécerelle).
  2. 2
    Quand employé seul, synonyme de faucon crécerelle.
  3. 3
    Nom générique normalisé donné à un sous-ensemble de dix petites espèces à l'intérieur du genre Falco (dont l'une est éteinte: la crécerelle de la Réunion (Falco duboisi)), telles la crécerelle d'Amérique (Falco sparverius), la crécerelle de Maurice (Falco punctatus) menacée d'extinction, etc., caractérisées par leur petite taille, le dimorphisme sexuel (inhabituel chez leur famille), mais surtout par leur méthode de chasse, consistant à planer à une quinzaine de mètres au-dessus de leur proie et à piquer vers elle avec grande célérité, chose qu'ils peuvent même accomplir à l'intérieur de bâtiments (e.g. granges).

Synonyms

faucon crécerelle

This word in other languages

kestrel(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crécerelle"?
"crécerelle" is spelled C-R-É-C-E-R-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɛs.ʁɛl\.
What does "crécerelle" mean?
As a noun, "crécerelle" means: Nom vernaculaire spécifique d'une espèce de petit faucon de la famille des falconidés, Falco tinnunculus, l’un des rapaces les plus communs en France (cf. faucon crécerelle).
How do you pronounce "crécerelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crécerelle" is \kʁɛs.ʁɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crécerelle" come from?
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Using “crécerelle”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-R-É-C-E-R-E-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kʁɛs.ʁɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list