crêpes

\kʁɛp\

/\kʁɛp\/ noun

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The verdict

“crêpes” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,757. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,757
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de crêpe, sorte d’étoffe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crepes · crêpes · French

crêpes · rank #12,757 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,757
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH créneau

Nearest frequency peer: créneau (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « crêpes »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « crêpes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

crêpes vs crête
67% similar
crêpes vs crevé
33% similar
crêpes vs crues
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for crêpes
PropertyValue
Headwordcrêpes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁɛp\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,757
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crêpes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.crêpesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « créneau » (#12,756), « cultivé » (#12,758), « criminelles » (#12,755). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crêpes » est au #12,757. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around crêpes (IPA \kʁɛp\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,757 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de crêpe, sorte d’étoffe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for crêpes, with forms such as "ccrêpes", "crepes", and "crpêes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "crête", "crevé", "crues", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is crêpes, spelled C-R-Ê-P-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de crêpe, sorte d’étoffe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les mouliniers, dans la région lyonnaise, emploient des produits colorants, bleu, vert, rouge, etc., qui sont destinés à distinguer les torsions, notamment pour les crêpes.
  2. Il y avait un aspect de ma femme, que je n’avais jamais perdu de vue : c’était ma veuve, celle qui serait gênée par ses crêpes pour ouvrir le coffre. Une perturbation dans les astres ne m’eût pas causé plus de surprise que cette mort, plus de malaise.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrêpes
  • crepes
  • crpêes
  • crrêpes
  • crêeps
  • crêpess
  • crêppes
  • crêpse
  • cêrpes
  • rcêpes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crêpes - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccrêpes1crepes1crpêes2crrêpes1crêeps2crêpess1crêppes1crêpse2
Edit distance from "crêpes"

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 "crêpes"?
"crêpes" is spelled C-R-Ê-P-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɛp\.
What does "crêpes" mean?
As a noun, "crêpes" means: Pluriel de crêpe, sorte d’étoffe.
What words are commonly confused with "crêpes"?
"crêpes" is commonly confused with "crête", "crevé", "crues". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crêpes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crêpes" is \kʁɛp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crêpes" come from?
"crêpes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crêpes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Edmond#12,775chrono#12,738cassée#12,737carmen#12,735

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

créneau10 variantscorrompu10 variantscalcule10 variantsessayons10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list