créneau

/\kʁe.no\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,756

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

créneau is aFrenchnoun. It means: Espace entre deux merlons en haut d’un rempart, pour tirer sur l'ennemi, tout en restant abrité de son tir. Pronounced \kʁe.no\. Often confused with créneaux.

Key facts for créneau
PropertyValue
Headwordcréneau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁe.no\
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,756
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of créneau in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for créneau is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁe.no\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,756 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for créneau, with forms such as "ccréneau", "creneau", and "crnéeau". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "créneaux", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is créneau, spelled C-R-É-N-E-A-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espace entre deux merlons en haut d’un rempart, pour tirer sur l'ennemi, tout en restant abrité de son tir.
  2. 2
    Ouverture faite au parapet des tranchées, par lesquelles on peut tirer.
  3. 3
    Intervalle que les pelotons laissent entre eux dans l’ordre de bataille et où se placent les chefs de peloton.
  4. 4
    Manœuvre pour mettre en stationnement le long d’un trottoir, un véhicule entre deux autres déjà stationnés.
  5. 5
    Place disponible sur le marché, segment où peut être exploité un type de produit.
  6. 6
    Intervalle de temps.
  7. 7
    Emplacement destiné à recevoir un conteneur sur un porte-conteneurs.
  8. 8
    Créneau horaire.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccréneau,creneau,crnéeau,crréneau,créenau,crénaeu,créneua,crénneau,cérneau,rcéneau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for créneau

Misspelling Variants of "créneau"

ccréneau8creneau7crnéeau7crréneau8créenau7crénaeu7créneua7crénneau8
Misspelling Variants of "créneau"

Frequency rank: #12,756 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "créneau"?
"créneau" is spelled C-R-É-N-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁe.no\.
What does "créneau" mean?
As a noun, "créneau" means: Espace entre deux merlons en haut d’un rempart, pour tirer sur l'ennemi, tout en restant abrité de son tir.
What words are commonly confused with "créneau"?
"créneau" is commonly confused with "créneaux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "créneau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "créneau" is \kʁe.no\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "créneau" come from?
"créneau" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.