crépitement
\kʁe.pit.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“crépitement” is uncommon French (frequency #72,230 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,230
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bruit sec et répété d’une flamme qui pétille, d’un corps qui brûle en pétillant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crepitement · crépitement · French
crépitement · rank #72,230 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,230
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH créatine
Nearest frequency peer: créatine (-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 « crépitement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- credible
credible
27,775 corpus weight
- crieur
crieur
27,774 corpus weight
- créatine
créatine
27,772 corpus weight
- crépitement
crépitement
27,771 corpus weight
- cyclopes
cyclopes
27,769 corpus weight
- Daigle
Daigle
27,768 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « crépitement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crépitement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁe.pit.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #72,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crépitement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crépitement is uncommon French at frequency #72,230 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁe.pit.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
crépitement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is crépitement, spelled C-R-É-P-I-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Bruit sec et répété d’une flamme qui pétille, d’un corps qui brûle en pétillant.
- 2Plusieurs claquements secs et répétés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crépitement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le crépitement de la fusillade amena rapidement sur les lieux le Preussen et le Kiel, […].
Le feu des fusils Mauser commença ; ce fut un vacarme épouvantable dans lequel on percevait le ronflement des obus à la lydite, le crépitement des fusils Metford, les éclats des mitrailleuses boers et les sifflements des Mauser.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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