crèche

\kʁɛʃ\

/\kʁɛʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“crèche” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,349. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,349
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mangeoire des bœufs, des brebis et autres animaux semblables.

Corpus desk

Index FR-creche · crèche · French

crèche · rank #12,349 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,349
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH CRS

Nearest frequency peer: CRS (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « crèche »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « crèche » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

crèche vs crée
50% similar
crèche vs crème
67% similar
crèche vs créée
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for crèche
PropertyValue
Headwordcrèche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁɛʃ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,349
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crèche »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).crèchese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « CRS » (#12,348), « cubes » (#12,350), « crache » (#12,347). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crèche » est au #12,349. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around crèche (IPA \kʁɛʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,349 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for crèche, with forms such as "ccrèche", "crcèhe", and "creche". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "crée", "crème", "créée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is crèche, spelled C-R-È-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mangeoire des bœufs, des brebis et autres animaux semblables.
  2. 2
    Mangeoire des bœufs, des brebis et autres animaux semblables.
  3. 3
    Mangeoire des bœufs, des brebis et autres animaux semblables.
  4. 4
    Mangeoire des bœufs, des brebis et autres animaux semblables.
  5. 5
    Établissement accueillant pendant la journée les enfants qui ne sont pas encore en âge d’aller à l’école, pendant que leurs parents travaillent.
  6. 6
    Chambre.
  7. 7
    Partie de l’ouvrage d’un pont ou d’une fortification, qui est en saillie sur une rivière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how crèche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Des vieux qui n’avaient jamais contenté leur faim se rassasiaient. Un journalier surtout, un homme tout cassé et tout blanc, remuait ses mâchoires édentées avec lenteur, comme un bœuf à sa crèche, et penché vers sa femme, il lui disait à voix basse : « Donne-moi de la chair, de la chair, de la chair. »
  2. Anselme fit entrer les moutons dans la crèche et se retira.

This word in other languages

manger(English)belén(Español)Krippe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrèche
  • crcèhe
  • creche
  • crrèche
  • crècche
  • crèceh
  • crèchhe
  • crèhce
  • cèrche
  • rcèche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crèche - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccrèche1crcèhe2creche1crrèche1crècche1crèceh2crèchhe1crèhce2
Edit distance from "crèche"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crèche"?
"crèche" is spelled C-R-È-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɛʃ\.
What does "crèche" mean?
As a noun, "crèche" means: Mangeoire des bœufs, des brebis et autres animaux semblables.
What words are commonly confused with "crèche"?
"crèche" is commonly confused with "crée", "crème", "créée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crèche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crèche" is \kʁɛʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crèche" come from?
"crèche" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crèche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crache#12,347Durand#12,360cheikh#12,336causée#12,330

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

draguer10 variantschariot10 variantsbretonne10 variantsexcessif10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list