crèche

/\kʁɛʃ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,349

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

crèche is aFrenchnoun. It means: Mangeoire des bœufs, des brebis et autres animaux semblables. Pronounced \kʁɛʃ\. Often confused with crée and crème.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for crèche is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁɛʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,349 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for crèche, with forms such as "ccrèche", "crcèhe", and "creche". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "crée", "crème", "créée", 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 crèche, spelled C-R-È-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccrèche,crcèhe,creche,crrèche,crècche,crèceh,crèchhe,crèhce,cèrche,rcèche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for crèche

Misspelling Variants of "crèche"

ccrèche7crcèhe6creche6crrèche7crècche7crèceh6crèchhe7crèhce6
Misspelling Variants of "crèche"

Frequency rank: #12,349 in French

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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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.