crible

/\kʁibl\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,390

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

crible is aFrenchnoun. It means: Instrument percé d’un grand nombre de trous qui sert à trier des objets de grosseur ou de qualité inégales, en laissant passer les uns et en repoussant les autres. Pronounced \kʁibl\. Often confused with Crie and crise.

Key facts for crible
PropertyValue
Headwordcrible
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁibl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#27,390
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of crible in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for crible is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁibl\. Corpus data places it at rank #27,390 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for crible, with forms such as "ccrible", "cirble", and "crbile". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Crie", "crise", "crime", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is crible, spelled C-R-I-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrument percé d’un grand nombre de trous qui sert à trier des objets de grosseur ou de qualité inégales, en laissant passer les uns et en repoussant les autres.
  2. 2
    Moyen d'épuration, de tri, de sélection.
  3. 3
    Procédé permettant de trouver par élimination tous les entiers naturels premiers inférieurs à un certain nombre donné N.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccrible,cirble,crbile,cribble,cribel,criblle,crilbe,crrible,rcible

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for crible

Misspelling Variants of "crible"

ccrible7cirble6crbile6cribble7cribel6criblle7crilbe6crrible7
Misspelling Variants of "crible"

Frequency rank: #27,390 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crible"?
"crible" is spelled C-R-I-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁibl\.
What does "crible" mean?
As a noun, "crible" means: Instrument percé d’un grand nombre de trous qui sert à trier des objets de grosseur ou de qualité inégales, en laissant passer les uns et en repoussant les autres.
What words are commonly confused with "crible"?
"crible" is commonly confused with "Crie", "crise", "crime". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crible"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crible" is \kʁibl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crible" come from?
"crible" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.