crème fouettée

\kʁɛm fwɛ.te\

/\kʁɛm fwɛ.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“crème fouettée” 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 May 6, 2026) - Crème fraîche ou crème entière battue jusqu’à obtention d’une mousse.

Key facts for crème fouettée
PropertyValue
Headwordcrème fouettée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁɛm fwɛ.te\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “crème fouettée” sits in French frequency

crème fouettée falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crème fouettée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɛm fwɛ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Crème fraîche ou crème entière battue jusqu’à obtention d’une mousse.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crème fouettée, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is crème fouettée, spelled C-R-È-M-E- -F-O-U-E-T-T-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Crème fraîche ou crème entière battue jusqu’à obtention d’une mousse.

Synonyms

mingo

This word in other languages

whipped cream(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crème fouettée"?
"crème fouettée" is spelled C-R-È-M-E- -F-O-U-E-T-T-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɛm fwɛ.te\.
What does "crème fouettée" mean?
As a noun, "crème fouettée" means: Crème fraîche ou crème entière battue jusqu’à obtention d’une mousse.
How do you pronounce "crème fouettée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crème fouettée" is \kʁɛm fwɛ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crème fouettée" come from?
"crème fouettée" 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 “crème fouettée”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is C-R-È-M-E- -F-O-U-E-T-T-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kʁɛm fwɛ.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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