crépiter
\kʁe.pi.te\
The verdict
“crépiter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Faire entendre des crépitements.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crepiter · crépiter · French
crépiter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | crépiter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kʁe.pi.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crépiter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crépiter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kʁe.pi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for crépiter in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is crépiter, spelled C-R-É-P-I-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire entendre des crépitements.
- 2Dans le domaine visuel, produire de éclats intenses et fugitifs de façon répétée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crépiter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La neige qui tombait, presque solidifiée déjà, crépitait sur le givre des vitres.
Tous deux durent revenir trois fois dans la clameur des cuivres et s'incliner devant la rampe, face au public dont les bravos, du haut en bas de la salle, crépitaient sans faiblir, […].
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.