crème anglaise
\kʁɛ.m‿ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\
The verdict
“crème anglaise” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Crème liquide composée de lait, de jaunes d’œuf, de sucre et parfumée à la vanille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-creme-anglaise · crème anglaise · French
crème anglaise · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crème anglaise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁɛ.m‿ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
crème anglaise is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɛ.m‿ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Crème liquide composée de lait, de jaunes d’œuf, de sucre et parfumée à la vanille.".
crème anglaise has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is crème anglaise, spelled C-R-È-M-E- -A-N-G-L-A-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Crème liquide composée de lait, de jaunes d’œuf, de sucre et parfumée à la vanille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crème anglaise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la pratique il est difficile de préciser les points de coagulation d’un mélange aussi complexe que la crème anglaise, par exemple.
Si vous préparez la crème anglaise la veille, elle n’en sera que plus parfumée et plus savoureuse.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.