crépelé
The verdict
“crépelé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est frisé en boucles menues.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crepele · crépelé · French
crépelé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | crépelé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crépelé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crépelé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est frisé en boucles menues.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for crépelé in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is crépelé, spelled C-R-É-P-E-L-É.
Definition
- 1Qui est frisé en boucles menues.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crépelé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une statue d’abbé est appuyée contre le mur : … des pommettes saillantes, des yeux sortis, des cheveux légèrement crépelés, et une chape bordée de longues franges.
Ils tiraient de certaines plantes une sève par l’effet de laquelle les cheveux consacrés poussaient plus vite et devenaient plus drus. Ils les tressaient en nattes d’une finesse de liane et les entrelaçaient l’une à l’autre en une profonde masse crépelée.
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.