crique
\kʁik\
The verdict
“crique” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #32,361 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #32,361
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petite baie, partie du rivage qui forme dans les terres un enfoncement où de petits bateaux peuvent se mettre à l’abri.
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 | crique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁik\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #32,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crique” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for crique is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁik\. Corpus data places it at rank #32,361 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for crique, with forms such as "ccrique", "criqeu", and "criqque". 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, "crue", "crise", "croque", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 crique, spelled C-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Petite baie, partie du rivage qui forme dans les terres un enfoncement où de petits bateaux peuvent se mettre à l’abri.
- 2Fissure dans une pièce métallique ― interne (invisible) ou apparente (alors dite débouchante) ― souvent causée par un défaut de fabrication et à une variation de température.
- 3Petite rivière qui parcourt forêts et savanes et se jette dans un fleuve.
- 4Recette traditionnelle, de l'Ardèche et de la Drôme, de galette de pommes de terre revenues à la poêle.
- 5Fossé creusé autour des places fortes dans le but d’empêcher l'ennemi d'y faire des tranchées.
- 6Dent
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccrique,criqeu,criqque,criuqe,crqiue,crrique,rcique
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crique - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "crique"?
What does "crique" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "crique"?
How do you pronounce "crique"?
What language does "crique" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “crique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-R-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kʁik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “crue” - see the side-by-side comparison. crique vs crue
- 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.