crever le plafond
\kʁə.ve lə pla.fɔ̃\
The verdict
“crever le plafond” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se surpasser, dépasser les espérances.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crever-le-plafond · crever le plafond · French
crever le plafond · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | crever le plafond |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kʁə.ve lə pla.fɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crever le plafond » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crever le plafond is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kʁə.ve lə pla.fɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se surpasser, dépasser les espérances.".
crever le plafond doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 le plafond, spelled C-R-E-V-E-R- -L-E- -P-L-A-F-O-N-D.
Definition
- 1Se surpasser, dépasser les espérances.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crever le plafond appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Ici, on aime récompenser le travail bien fait, explique-t-elle. Et tu as crevé le plafond, cette semaine.
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.