crevait

\kʁə.vɛ\

/\kʁə.vɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“crevait” is uncommon French (frequency #71,400 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,400
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de crever.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crevait · crevait · French

crevait · rank #71,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,400
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH creusez

Nearest frequency peer: creusez (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « crevait »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « crevait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for crevait
PropertyValue
Headwordcrevait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁə.vɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#71,400
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « crevait » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).crevaittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « creusez » (#71,399), « crispée » (#71,401), « crespo » (#71,398). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crevait » est au #71,400. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crevait is uncommon French at frequency #71,400 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kʁə.vɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de crever.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for crevait, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is crevait, spelled C-R-E-V-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de crever.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how crevait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. À 17 heures, désentravé (ce malade déchirait draps et couvertures, crevait les matelas, etc… ^([sic : etc.])), fait quelques mouvements pour se « décourbaturer ».

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crevait"?
"crevait" is spelled C-R-E-V-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁə.vɛ\.
What does "crevait" mean?
As a verb, "crevait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de crever.
How do you pronounce "crevait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crevait" is \kʁə.vɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crevait" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crevait", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list