crépon
\kʁe.pɔ̃\
The verdict
“crépon” is uncommon French (frequency #76,471 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,471
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte d’étoffe de laine, de coton ou de soie, qui est un peu frisée et ressemble au crêpe, mais est beaucoup plus épaisse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crepon · crépon · French
crépon · rank #76,471 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,471
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH créatinine
Nearest frequency peer: créatinine (-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 « crépon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- craindrait
craindrait
23,533 corpus weight
- créatinine
créatinine
23,531 corpus weight
- crépon
crépon
23,530 corpus weight
- cueillie
cueillie
23,529 corpus weight
- culminer
culminer
23,528 corpus weight
- cups
cups
23,527 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « crépon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crépon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁe.pɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,471 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crépon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crépon is uncommon French at frequency #76,471 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁe.pɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for crépon in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is crépon, spelled C-R-É-P-O-N.
Definition
- 1Sorte d’étoffe de laine, de coton ou de soie, qui est un peu frisée et ressemble au crêpe, mais est beaucoup plus épaisse.
- 2Rouleau de cheveux postiches que l’on met sous les cheveux pour les faire bouffer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crépon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle sentait la sueur et le crépon mouillé.
Alignés sur le devant de l'estrade dans des chasubles de crépon rouge, les enfants chantaient une comptine.
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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