crêpière

\kʁe.pjɛʁ\

/\kʁe.pjɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui fait des crêpes pour les vendre voire qui tient une crêperie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crepiere · crêpière · French

crêpière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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 crêpière
PropertyValue
Headwordcrêpière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁe.pjɛʁ\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « crêpière » en français

crêpièresiège 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

crêpière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁe.pjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

crêpière has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 crêpière, spelled C-R-Ê-P-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui fait des crêpes pour les vendre voire qui tient une crêperie.
  2. 2
    Sorte de poêle pour cuire les crêpes, presque dépourvue de bords.
  3. 3
    Plaque en fonte destinée à faire cuire crêpes et galettes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vous lui avez envoyé, ma chère cousine, des crêpes qui ne sont pas trop bonnes, on les a trouvées trop épaisses, trop grasses et pas assez sucrées. Nous vous serons bien obligés si vous voulez bien nous en envoyer vingt quatre douzaines et recommander à la crêpière qu’elles soient meilleures.
  2. Nous téléphonons dans les bureaux de placement et passons des annonces pour recruter d’urgence une serveuse et une crêpière.

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 "crêpière"?
"crêpière" is spelled C-R-Ê-P-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁe.pjɛʁ\.
What does "crêpière" mean?
As a noun, "crêpière" means: Celle qui fait des crêpes pour les vendre voire qui tient une crêperie.
How do you pronounce "crêpière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crêpière" is \kʁe.pjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crêpière" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list