cri-cri
\kʁi.kʁi\
The verdict
“cri-cri” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bruit du grillon et de la cigale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cri-cri |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁi.kʁi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cri-cri” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cri-cri is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁi.kʁi\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
cri-cri doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cri-cri, spelled C-R-I---C-R-I.
Definition
- 1Bruit du grillon et de la cigale.
- 2Le grillon lui-même.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cri-cri”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-R-I---C-R-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kʁi.kʁi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.