crépine
\kʁe.pin\
The verdict
“crépine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Passementerie travaillée à jours, sorte de frange qui est tissée et ouvragée par le haut et pendant en grands filets ou franges en bas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crepine · crépine · French
crépine · 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 | crépine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁe.pin\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crépine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crépine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁe.pin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for crépine, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is crépine, spelled C-R-É-P-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Passementerie travaillée à jours, sorte de frange qui est tissée et ouvragée par le haut et pendant en grands filets ou franges en bas.
- 2Enveloppe graisseuse (épiploon) des rognons du mouton, du veau, du porc, qui est utilisée en cuisine.
- 3Plat qui en est entouré.
- 4Filtre qui sert à arrêter les grosses impuretés à l’extrémité d’une canalisation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crépine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On couvrit la façade de l’Hôtel de Ville de grandes draperies rouges à crépines d’or ; […].
Et le grand dais de velours pourpre, garni de crépines d’or, eut quelque peine à sortir par une des baies de la porte.
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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.