crétin des Alpes
\kʁe.tɛ̃ de.z‿alp\
The verdict
“crétin des Alpes” 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
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne atteinte de crétinisme et vivant dans les vallées alpines.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crétin des Alpes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁe.tɛ̃ de.z‿alp\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crétin des Alpes” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for crétin des Alpes is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁe.tɛ̃ de.z‿alp\. 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: "Personne atteinte de crétinisme et vivant dans les vallées alpines.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for crétin des Alpes, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is crétin des Alpes, spelled C-R-É-T-I-N- -D-E-S- -A-L-P-E-S.
Definition
- 1Personne atteinte de crétinisme et vivant dans les vallées alpines.
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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-R-É-T-I-N- -D-E-S- -A-L-P-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.