crétins
\kʁe.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“crétins” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,333. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,333
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de crétin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cretins · crétins · French
crétins · rank #16,333 · 12 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,333
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH crosse
Nearest frequency peer: crosse (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « crétins »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- corbeau
corbeau
83,672 corpus weight
- couronnement
couronnement
83,671 corpus weight
- coûteuse
coûteuse
83,670 corpus weight
- crosse
crosse
83,669 corpus weight
- crétins
crétins
83,668 corpus weight
- cyprien
cyprien
83,667 corpus weight
What this shows « crétins » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crétins |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kʁe.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crétins »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around crétins (IPA \kʁe.tɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,333 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de crétin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for crétins, with forms such as "ccrétins", "cretins", and "crrétins". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "crains", "crétin", "crêtes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is crétins, spelled C-R-É-T-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de crétin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crétins appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À l’aspect de ces étranges physionomies, il est difficile de décider si ces mammifères à plumes se crétinisent à ce métier, ou s’ils ne font pas ce métier parce qu’ils sont un peu crétins de naissance.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccrétins
- cretins
- crrétins
- crtéins
- créitns
- crétinns
- crétinss
- crétisn
- crétnis
- créttins
- cértins
- rcétins
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crétins - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).