criollo
The verdict
“criollo” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Créole.
Corpus desk
Index FR-criollo · criollo · French
criollo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | criollo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « criollo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
criollo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for criollo in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 criollo, spelled C-R-I-O-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Créole.
- 2Race de chevaux de travail, originaire d’Amérique du Sud (Brésil, Chili, Uruguay, etc. et même Cuba), le plus souvent d’Argentine : le Criollo argentin, le plus connu, qui est un petit cheval vif et s’est fait une solide réputation en polo, dont la taille au garrot est de 1,40 à 1,52 m : travail du bétail, randonnée.
- 3Race de bovins aussi appelé canaria en Amérique.
- 4Race de bovins aussi appelé corriente aux États-Unis.
- 5Variété de cacao rare et recherchée, originaire d'Amérique latine.
- 6Cacaoyer qui produit cette variété de cacao.
- 7Punch de rhum blanc et de sirop de sucre qui se sert avec une rondelle de citron
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how criollo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je risque de me faire embarquer par mon criollo dans un palace pour gogos, qui lui refilera la pièce.
En définitive, celui qui libère certains esclaves du joug esclavagiste, ce n’est point un noir, plutôt un criollo.
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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.