criquet

\kʁi.kɛ\

/\kʁi.kɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“criquet” is uncommon French (frequency #50,148 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,148
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insecte herbivore volant et sautant de la famille de l’ordre des orthoptères, appelé aussi caelifère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-criquet · criquet · French

criquet · rank #50,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,148
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH craques

Nearest frequency peer: craques (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « criquet »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « criquet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for criquet
PropertyValue
Headwordcriquet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁi.kɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,148
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « criquet » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).criquettombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « craques » (#50,147), « croches » (#50,149), « crachat » (#50,146). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « criquet » est au #50,148. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

criquet is uncommon French at frequency #50,148 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁi.kɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for criquet, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is criquet, spelled C-R-I-Q-U-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Insecte herbivore volant et sautant de la famille de l’ordre des orthoptères, appelé aussi caelifère.
  2. 2
    Grillon.
  3. 3
    Petit cheval malingre.
  4. 4
    Acier qui a criqué, qui s'est fendillé ; acier qui possède des criques.
  5. 5
    Vin de mauvaise qualité ; piquette.
  6. 6
    Personne qu’on juge sans importance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how criquet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Devant l’hôtel où le couple était d’abord descendu via di Bocca di Leone, Beppo sollicitait l’attention du passant au moyen d’un criquet blotti sous une pincée d’herbe dans une petite nasse de jonc.
  2. Par contre, en solution à 1 p. 100, l’arsénite de soude exerce des actions énergiques comme herbicide, herbifuge et insecticide. A la dose de 1/2 p. 100, il a été utilisé pour la destruction des criquets.

Synonyms

acridien

This word in other languages

cricket(English)saltamontes(Español)Grashüpfer(Deutsch)gafanhoto(Português)

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 "criquet"?
"criquet" is spelled C-R-I-Q-U-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁi.kɛ\.
What does "criquet" mean?
As a noun, "criquet" means: Insecte herbivore volant et sautant de la famille de l’ordre des orthoptères, appelé aussi caelifère.
How do you pronounce "criquet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "criquet" is \kʁi.kɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "criquet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

craques#50,147croches#50,149crachat#50,146couplés#50,143

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list