crête barométrique

\kʁɛt ba.ʁɔ.me.tʁik\

/\kʁɛt ba.ʁɔ.me.tʁik\/ noun

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The verdict

“crête barométrique” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Axe de pression maximal non fermé.

Key facts for crête barométrique
PropertyValue
Headwordcrête barométrique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁɛt ba.ʁɔ.me.tʁik\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “crête barométrique” sits in French frequency

crête barométrique falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for crête barométrique is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁɛt ba.ʁɔ.me.tʁik\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Axe de pression maximal non fermé.".

crête barométrique has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 crête barométrique, spelled C-R-Ê-T-E- -B-A-R-O-M-É-T-R-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Axe de pression maximal non fermé.

Synonyms

dorsale

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crête barométrique"?
"crête barométrique" is spelled C-R-Ê-T-E- -B-A-R-O-M-É-T-R-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɛt ba.ʁɔ.me.tʁik\.
What does "crête barométrique" mean?
As a noun, "crête barométrique" means: Axe de pression maximal non fermé.
How do you pronounce "crête barométrique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crête barométrique" is \kʁɛt ba.ʁɔ.me.tʁik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crête barométrique" come from?
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Using “crête barométrique”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-R-Ê-T-E- -B-A-R-O-M-É-T-R-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kʁɛt ba.ʁɔ.me.tʁik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list