crier
\kʁi.je\
The verdict
“crier” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,478 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #4,478
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jeter un ou plusieurs cris.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kʁi.je\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,478 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crier” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for crier is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁi.je\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,478 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for crier, with forms such as "ccrier", "creir", and "crierr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cris", "cuir", "crue", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 crier, spelled C-R-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Jeter un ou plusieurs cris.
- 2Élever très haut la voix dans la conversation, dans une discussion, dans un blâme, dans une gronderie, etc.
- 3Forcer trop sa voix en chantant.
- 4Grincer ; produire un bruit aigre, en se frottant rudement contre d’autres ou en se cassant, en parlant des choses.
- 5Proclamer, annoncer une chose au nom de l’autorité.
- 6Avertir souvent quelqu’un d’une chose, la lui conseiller fortement.
- 7Prononcer, à propos d’une personne ou d’une chose, un ou plusieurs mots d’un ton de voix très élevé avec le même effort que si l’on poussait un cri.
- 8Exprimer fortement, même sous forme écrite, un avis, une opinion, souvent sous forme de protestation.
- 9Mettre à l’enchère des biens, inviter à les enchérir.
- 10Attirer le chaland par ses cris ; vendre à la criée.
- 11Dire une chose hautement ou la répéter avec importunité.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccrier,creir,crierr,crire,crrier,rcier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crier - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “crier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-R-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kʁi.je\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Cris” - see the side-by-side comparison. crier vs Cris
- 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.