crevard

\kʁə.vaʁ\

/\kʁə.vaʁ\/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for crevard
PropertyValue
Headwordcrevard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁə.vaʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#69,731
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « crevard » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).crevardtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « crasseuse » (#69,730), « Crevel » (#69,732), « Couvin » (#69,729). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crevard » est au #69,731. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Mort.
  2. 2
    Mourant ; moribond.
  3. 3
    Crève-la-faim.
  4. 4
    Vicieux ; avare.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Petit crevard, enfant mort-né.
  2. 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"?
"crevard" is spelled C-R-E-V-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁə.vaʁ\.
What does "crevard" mean?
As a noun, "crevard" means: Mort.
How do you pronounce "crevard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crevard" is \kʁə.vaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crevard" come from?
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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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list