crève-cœur
\kʁɛv.kœːʁ\
The verdict
“crève-cœur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand déplaisir, grande douleur mêlée de dépit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-creve-c-ur · crève-cœur · French
crève-cœur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crève-cœur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁɛv.kœːʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crève-cœur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crève-cœur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɛv.kœːʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grand déplaisir, grande douleur mêlée de dépit.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for crève-cœur, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is crève-cœur, spelled C-R-È-V-E---C-Œ-U-R.
Definition
- 1Grand déplaisir, grande douleur mêlée de dépit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crève-cœur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quel crève-cœur ça devait être pour ce pauvre homme de quitter toutes ces choses.
Ce fut un grand crève-cœur pour le pauvre garçon. Il était tellement honteux et désolé qu’en sortant de prison il résolut d’en finir avec la vie.
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.