crévindiou
\kʁe.vɛ̃.dju\
The verdict
“crévindiou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. 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) - Juron familier marquant l’admiration, la colère ou l’étonnement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crevindiou · crévindiou · French
crévindiou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | crévindiou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \kʁe.vɛ̃.dju\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
crévindiou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \kʁe.vɛ̃.dju\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Juron familier marquant l’admiration, la colère ou l’étonnement.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for crévindiou, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is crévindiou, spelled C-R-É-V-I-N-D-I-O-U.
Definition
- 1Juron familier marquant l’admiration, la colère ou l’étonnement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crévindiou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Moi, ça m'a donné soif, crévindiou ! - Allez ! Buvons don un chti coup ! Houais ! ! ! Ils partent en riant et s'attablent à la terrasse.
Craches-y moi ton souteneur, crévindiou ? On va pas y passer la Saint-Glinglin, s'agaça le flic. Malgré la lumière éblouissante de la lampe braquée sur elle, la finaude le soutenait d'un regard noir et défiant.
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.