creep

\ˈkɹip\

/\ˈkɹip\/ noun

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The verdict

“creep” is uncommon French (frequency #79,193 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,193
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reptation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-creep · creep · French

creep · rank #79,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,193
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cray

Nearest frequency peer: Cray (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « creep »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « creep » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for creep
PropertyValue
Headwordcreep
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkɹip\
Letters5
Frequency rank#79,193
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « creep » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.creeptombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Cray » (#79,192), « critics » (#79,194), « craints » (#79,191). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « creep » est au #79,193. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

creep is uncommon French at frequency #79,193 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkɹip\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.

creep has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is creep, spelled C-R-E-E-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Reptation.
  2. 2
    Dérive ; petit écart sur une graduation, sur une mesure.
  3. 3
    Petit déplacement d’un objet.
  4. 4
    Se dit lorsque quelque chose dérive ou s’étend graduellement hors de ses limites, avec une connotation négative. Contamination, débordement.
  5. 5
    Fluage.
  6. 6
    Reptation (lent mouvement d’ensemble du sol sous l’effet de la gravité).
  7. 7
    Personne déplaisante, en particulier étrange ou excentrique, créant un malaise ou de la crainte.
  8. 8
    Personne ayant une attitude sexuelle déplacée, voire harcelante.
  9. 9
    Compartiment de dérobée, enceinte aménagée de sorte que seuls les petits animaux y ont accès.
  10. 10
    Réglage progressif, procédure unidirectionnelle de réglage d’artillerie consistant à tirer le premier coup de réglage en lieu sûr et à amener graduellement le tir sur l’objectif par petites corrections successives, utilisée lorsque la méthode de l’encadrement n’est pas possible à cause de la proximité des troupes amies.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. But I’m a creep / I’m a weirdo / What the hell am I doing here? / I don’t belong here.
  2. In a pig farm, pig creeps allow the piglets to escape being crushed by the sows.

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 "creep"?
"creep" is spelled C-R-E-E-P. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkɹip\.
What does "creep" mean?
As a noun, "creep" means: Reptation.
How do you pronounce "creep"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "creep" is \ˈkɹip\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "creep" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

colos#79,170dorne#79,229chtis#79,156buggé#79,121

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list