crissement

\kʁis.mɑ̃\

/\kʁis.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“crissement” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,008. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,008
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action des dents qui crissent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crissement · crissement · French

crissement · rank #49,008 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,008
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH crachant

Nearest frequency peer: crachant (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « crissement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « crissement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

crissement vs croisement
80% similar
crissement vs classement
80% similar
crissement vs creusement
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for crissement
PropertyValue
Headwordcrissement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁis.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#49,008
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crissement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.crissementse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « crachant » (#49,007), « CPGE » (#49,006), « croco » (#49,010). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crissement » est au #49,008. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around crissement (IPA \kʁis.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,008 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for crissement, with forms such as "ccrissement", "cirssement", and "crisement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "croisement", "classement", "creusement", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is crissement, spelled C-R-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action des dents qui crissent.
  2. 2
    Grincement aigu et soutenu que font des corps en frottement.
  3. 3
    Bruit que fait le grillon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des clappements, des crissements et d’étranges grincements rythmiques s’éveillaient, aussitôt que l’intrépide pédaleur avait fait quelques tours de roue.
  2. La place de la Nation […] s’ouvrait à tous les vents. Des tramways éclairés et vides y décrivaient, en piaulant sur leurs rails, une courbe laborieuse et quelques rares taxis, ralentissant l’allure, répondaient du crissement brutal des freins.

This word in other languages

screech(English)chirrido(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrissement
  • cirssement
  • crisement
  • crisesment
  • crisseemnt
  • crissemennt
  • crissementt
  • crissemetn
  • crissemment
  • crissemnet
  • crissmeent
  • crrissement
  • crsisement
  • rcissement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crissement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccrissement1cirssement2crisement1crisesment2crisseemnt2crissemennt1crissementt1crissemetn2
Edit distance from "crissement"

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 "crissement"?
"crissement" is spelled C-R-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁis.mɑ̃\.
What does "crissement" mean?
As a noun, "crissement" means: Action des dents qui crissent.
What words are commonly confused with "crissement"?
"crissement" is commonly confused with "croisement", "classement", "creusement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crissement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crissement" is \kʁis.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crissement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

couturiers#49,005coutumiers#49,004cooptation#49,002collerette#48,991

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

diphtérie14 variantscondensée14 variantsdromadaire14 variantsdécimales14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list