crème de la crème
\kʁɛm də la kʁɛm\
The verdict
“crème de la crème” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le meilleur de quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-creme-de-la-creme · crème de la crème · French
crème de la crème · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 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 de la crème |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁɛm də la kʁɛm\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
crème de la crème is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɛm də la kʁɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Le meilleur de quelque chose.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crème de la crème, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is crème de la crème, spelled C-R-È-M-E- -D-E- -L-A- -C-R-È-M-E.
Definition
- 1Le meilleur de quelque chose.
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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.