crier au meurtre

\kʁi.je.ʁ‿o mœʁtʁ\

/\kʁi.je.ʁ‿o mœʁtʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“crier au meurtre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se plaindre hautement de quelque injustice, de quelque dommage qu’on prétend avoir reçu.

Key facts for crier au meurtre
PropertyValue
Headwordcrier au meurtre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁi.je.ʁ‿o mœʁtʁ\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “crier au meurtre” sits in French frequency

crier au meurtre falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crier au meurtre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kʁi.je.ʁ‿o mœʁtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se plaindre hautement de quelque injustice, de quelque dommage qu’on prétend avoir reçu.".

Zero misspellings are on record for crier au meurtre in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is crier au meurtre, spelled C-R-I-E-R- -A-U- -M-E-U-R-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se plaindre hautement de quelque injustice, de quelque dommage qu’on prétend avoir reçu.

This word in other languages

Zeter und Mordio schreien(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crier au meurtre"?
"crier au meurtre" is spelled C-R-I-E-R- -A-U- -M-E-U-R-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁi.je.ʁ‿o mœʁtʁ\.
What does "crier au meurtre" mean?
As a verb, "crier au meurtre" means: Se plaindre hautement de quelque injustice, de quelque dommage qu’on prétend avoir reçu.
How do you pronounce "crier au meurtre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crier au meurtre" is \kʁi.je.ʁ‿o mœʁtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crier au meurtre" come from?
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Using “crier au meurtre”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-R-I-E-R- -A-U- -M-E-U-R-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kʁi.je.ʁ‿o mœʁtʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list