criailler
\kʁi.jɑ.je\
The verdict
“criailler” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Crier, se plaindre souvent et pour des sujets de peu d’importance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-criailler · criailler · French
criailler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | criailler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kʁi.jɑ.je\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
criailler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kʁi.jɑ.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for criailler in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is criailler, spelled C-R-I-A-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Crier, se plaindre souvent et pour des sujets de peu d’importance.
- 2Pousser son cri, en parlant du faisan, de l’oie et du jars, de la pintade, du paon, ou de la corneille.
- 3Produire un son évoquant un criaillement.
- 4Crier quelque chose sur un ton désagréable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how criailler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il ne fait que criailler. - Cette femme criaille toujours, elle criaille sans cesse après ses domestiques.
Le pied fureteur, un enfant cherchait des mousserons ; s’il franchissait une clôture, nous entendions les fils métalliques criailler longuement dans leurs encoches.
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.