crêpage de chignons

\kʁɛ.paʒ də ʃi.ɲɔ̃\

/\kʁɛ.paʒ də ʃi.ɲɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“crêpage de chignons” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispute où l'on en vient aux mains, généralement entre deux femmes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crepage-de-chignons · crêpage de chignons · French

crêpage de chignons · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 19 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.

Key facts for crêpage de chignons
PropertyValue
Headwordcrêpage de chignons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁɛ.paʒ də ʃi.ɲɔ̃\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « crêpage de chignons » en français

crêpage de chignonssiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

crêpage de chignons is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɛ.paʒ də ʃi.ɲɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dispute où l'on en vient aux mains, généralement entre deux femmes.".

crêpage de chignons doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is crêpage de chignons, spelled C-R-Ê-P-A-G-E- -D-E- -C-H-I-G-N-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dispute où l'on en vient aux mains, généralement entre deux femmes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un conflit entre mec est un combat franc et régulier. Entre nanas, un crêpage de chignons ! Lâchez le nous cinq minutes, le chignon, et regardez du côté des mecs.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "crêpage de chignons"?
"crêpage de chignons" is spelled C-R-Ê-P-A-G-E- -D-E- -C-H-I-G-N-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɛ.paʒ də ʃi.ɲɔ̃\.
What does "crêpage de chignons" mean?
As a noun, "crêpage de chignons" means: Dispute où l'on en vient aux mains, généralement entre deux femmes.
How do you pronounce "crêpage de chignons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crêpage de chignons" is \kʁɛ.paʒ də ʃi.ɲɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crêpage de chignons" come from?
"crêpage de chignons" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list