creeper

noun

The verdict

“creeper” is uncommon French (frequency #98,923 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,923
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Liane, plante grimpante.

Key facts for creeper
PropertyValue
Headwordcreeper
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#98,923
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “creeper” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). creeper lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

creeper is uncommon French at frequency #98,923 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for creeper, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 creeper, spelled C-R-E-E-P-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Liane, plante grimpante.
  2. 2
    Grimpereau.

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 "creeper"?
"creeper" is spelled C-R-E-E-P-E-R.
What does "creeper" mean?
As a noun, "creeper" means: Liane, plante grimpante.
What language does "creeper" come from?
"creeper" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “creeper”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is C-R-E-E-P-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list