crevard
\kʁə.vaʁ\
The verdict
“crevard” is uncommon French (frequency #69,731 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,731
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mort.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crevard · crevard · French
crevard · rank #69,731 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,731
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH crasseuse
Nearest frequency peer: crasseuse (-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 « crevard »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Couvin
Couvin
30,272 corpus weight
- crasseuse
crasseuse
30,271 corpus weight
- crevard
crevard
30,270 corpus weight
- Crevel
Crevel
30,269 corpus weight
- CRP
CRP
30,268 corpus weight
- cuisent
cuisent
30,267 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « crevard » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crevard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁə.vaʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crevard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crevard is uncommon French at frequency #69,731 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁə.vaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for crevard in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is crevard, spelled C-R-E-V-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Mort.
- 2Mourant ; moribond.
- 3Crève-la-faim.
- 4Vicieux ; avare.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crevard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Petit crevard, enfant mort-né.
C’était bien un garçon à ne faire que des filles […] et moi? Qu'est-ce que j'avais fait ? Un petit crevard, un pauvre petit crevard crevé !
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 "crevard"?
What does "crevard" mean?
How do you pronounce "crevard"?
What language does "crevard" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crevard", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).