crieur public
\kʁi.jœʁ py.blik\
The verdict
“crieur public” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui annonce des informations en les criant dans les rues.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crieur-public · crieur public · French
crieur public · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | crieur public |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁi.jœʁ py.blik\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crieur public » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crieur public is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁi.jœʁ py.blik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui annonce des informations en les criant dans les rues.".
Zero misspellings are on record for crieur public in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 crieur public, spelled C-R-I-E-U-R- -P-U-B-L-I-C.
Definition
- 1Personne qui annonce des informations en les criant dans les rues.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crieur public appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout le long de mon chemin j’entendais les crieurs publics, hurler d’une voix éraillée la liste des condamnés du jour ; elle était nombreuse : il y avait des hommes, des femmes et des enfants.
Bien que la sentinelle laissée à l’hôtel Valqueyras n’eût rien vu, il fallait tenir la ville close. Alors Rougon décida que le crieur public, accompagné d’un tambour, irait par les rues proclamer la ville en état de siége et annoncer aux habitants que quiconque sortirait ne pourrait plus rentrer.
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.