crespelé
\kʁes.pə.le\
The verdict
“crespelé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qui est frisé avec de petites ondulations.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crespele · crespelé · French
crespelé · 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 | crespelé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kʁes.pə.le\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
crespelé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kʁes.pə.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est frisé avec de petites ondulations.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for crespelé in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is crespelé, spelled C-R-E-S-P-E-L-É.
Definition
- 1Qui est frisé avec de petites ondulations.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crespelé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ses cheveux drus et crespelés étaient d’un noir d’enfer, et ses prunelles d’un brun jaune pétillaient d’une malice diabolique.
Il la contempla curieusement ; semblables à des crins crespelés par des fers trop chauds, ses cheveux frisaient, en se cassant du bout ; des urnes de Népenthès pendaient à ses oreilles ; des tons de veau cuit brillaient dans ses narines entr’ouvertes.
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.