Crépeau
\kʁe.po\
The verdict
“Crépeau” is uncommon French (frequency #82,833 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,833
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille français et québécois originaire de Vendée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crepeau · Crépeau · French
Crépeau · rank #82,833 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,833
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH crèvera
Nearest frequency peer: crèvera (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Crépeau »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Cressida
Cressida
17,173 corpus weight
- crèvera
crèvera
17,169 corpus weight
- Crépeau
Crépeau
17,168 corpus weight
- crépu
crépu
17,167 corpus weight
- cunéiformes
cunéiformes
17,166 corpus weight
- célébrissime
célébrissime
17,164 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Crépeau » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Crépeau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kʁe.po\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,833 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Crépeau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Crépeau is uncommon French at frequency #82,833 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kʁe.po\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille français et québécois originaire de Vendée.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Crépeau in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Crépeau, spelled C-R-É-P-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille français et québécois originaire de Vendée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Crépeau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
M. Crépeau surpris, fit un faux mouvement et tomba, sans heureusement se blesser.
Leur collègue radical Michel Crépeau, 68 ans (Charente-Maritime), vient de les régaler de sa voix nasillarde.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "Crépeau"?
What does "Crépeau" mean?
How do you pronounce "Crépeau"?
What language does "Crépeau" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Crépeau", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).