crever

\kʁə.ve\

/\kʁə.ve\/ verb

The verdict

“crever” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,805. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,805
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’ouvrir par un effort violent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crever · crever · French

crever · rank #6,805 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,805
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH courageux

Nearest frequency peer: courageux (-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 « crever »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « crever » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

crever vs crier
67% similar
crever vs crée
50% similar
crever vs créer
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for crever
PropertyValue
Headwordcrever
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁə.ve\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,805
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crever »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).creverse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « courageux » (#6,804), « créateurs » (#6,806), « contes » (#6,803). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crever » est au #6,805. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around crever (IPA \kʁə.ve\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,805 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for crever, with forms such as "ccrever", "cerver", and "creevr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "crier", "crée", "créer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is crever, spelled C-R-E-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    S’ouvrir par un effort violent.
  2. 2
    Mourir.
  3. 3
    Ouvrir, faire éclater par un effort violent.
  4. 4
    Rendre malade ; faire presque mourir par un excès de fatigue ou de nourriture.
  5. 5
    Tuer.
  6. 6
    Illuminer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous traversâmes un large guéret dont les mottes crevaient sous nos pas en poussière rouge ; […].
  2. Maintenant d’ailleurs que le regard se faisait à l'obscurité, on discernait la vitre dépolie du soupirail, vaguement illuminé chaque fois que se ravivait un bec de gaz assez lointain, dont le manchon était sans doute crevé.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrever
  • cerver
  • creevr
  • creverr
  • crevre
  • crevver
  • crrever
  • crveer
  • rcever

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crever - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccrever1cerver2creevr2creverr1crevre2crevver1crrever1crveer2
Edit distance from "crever"

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 "crever"?
"crever" is spelled C-R-E-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁə.ve\.
What does "crever" mean?
As a verb, "crever" means: S’ouvrir par un effort violent.
What words are commonly confused with "crever"?
"crever" is commonly confused with "crier", "crée", "créer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crever"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crever" is \kʁə.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crever" come from?
"crever" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list