cresson alénois
\kʁɛ.sɔ̃ a.le.nwa\
The verdict
“cresson alénois” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante de la famille des Brassicacées, originaire d’Asie occidentale, de nom scientifique Lepidium sativum ^([1]).
Corpus desk
Index FR-cresson-alenois · cresson alénois · French
cresson alénois · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | cresson alénois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁɛ.sɔ̃ a.le.nwa\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cresson alénois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɛ.sɔ̃ a.le.nwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plante de la famille des Brassicacées, originaire d’Asie occidentale, de nom scientifique Lepidium sativum ^([1]).".
No misspelling variants are generated for cresson alénois in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 cresson alénois, spelled C-R-E-S-S-O-N- -A-L-É-N-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Plante de la famille des Brassicacées, originaire d’Asie occidentale, de nom scientifique Lepidium sativum ^([1]).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cresson alénois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le cresson alénois est cultivé depuis l’Antiquité.
Le cresson alénois nous vient du Moyen-Orient, où il semble avoir été une plante compagne du lin.
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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.