crème

\kʁɛm\

/\kʁɛm\/ noun

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The verdict

“crème” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,191. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,191
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie la plus grasse du lait, avec laquelle on fait le beurre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-creme · crème · French

crème · rank #3,191 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,191
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH croient

Nearest frequency peer: croient (-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 « crème »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « crème » 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).

crème vs CRM
0% similar
crème vs Crie
40% similar
crème vs crue
60% similar

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

Key facts for crème
PropertyValue
Headwordcrème
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁɛm\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,191
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crème »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « croient » (#3,190), « degrés » (#3,192), « corruption » (#3,189). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crème » est au #3,191. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around crème (IPA \kʁɛm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,191 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for crème, with forms such as "ccrème", "creme", and "crmèe". 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, "CRM", "Crie", "crue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is crème, spelled C-R-È-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie la plus grasse du lait, avec laquelle on fait le beurre.
  2. 2
    Café crème.
  3. 3
    Entremets fait de lait et d’œufs et qui a la consistance de la crème du lait.
  4. 4
    Toute sorte de liquide qui rappelle la crème par sa couleur ou sa consistance.
  5. 5
    Toute sorte de liquide qui rappelle la crème par sa couleur ou sa consistance.
  6. 6
    Toute sorte de liquide qui rappelle la crème par sa couleur ou sa consistance.
  7. 7
    Préparation galénique formée par une émulsion dans laquelle diverses substances sont dissoutes, c'est un topique.
  8. 8
    Liqueur fine de certains types.
  9. 9
    Homme bon.
  10. 10
    Ce qu’il y a de meilleur, de plus estimable dans une même catégorie de choses ou de gens.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a, dans les rivières, des brochets (que l’on quenellise ici aussi), des carpeaux que l’on déguste farcis à la crème.
  2. Les crèmes se conservent 7 jours à + 3° C pour la crème crue ; 30 jours à + 3° C pour la crème pasteurisée ; 4 mois à température ambiante pour la crème stérilisée Uht ; 8 mois à température ambiante pour la crème stérilisée classiquement.

This word in other languages

cream(English)crema(Español)Rahm(Deutsch)nata(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrème
  • creme
  • crmèe
  • crrème
  • crèem
  • crèmme
  • cèrme
  • rcème

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crème - 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.

ccrème1creme1crmèe2crrème1crèem2crèmme1cèrme2rcème2
Edit distance from "crème"

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 "crème"?
"crème" is spelled C-R-È-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɛm\.
What does "crème" mean?
As a noun, "crème" means: Partie la plus grasse du lait, avec laquelle on fait le beurre.
What words are commonly confused with "crème"?
"crème" is commonly confused with "CRM", "Crie", "crue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crème"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crème" is \kʁɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crème" come from?
"crème" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

poésie8 variantsplante8 variantsécart8 variantsadulte8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list