croasser
\kʁɔ.a.se\
The verdict
“croasser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pousser le cri particulier à son espèce, en parlant d’un corbeau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-croasser · croasser · French
croasser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | croasser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kʁɔ.a.se\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « croasser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
croasser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kʁɔ.a.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for croasser, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is croasser, spelled C-R-O-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Pousser le cri particulier à son espèce, en parlant d’un corbeau.
- 2Produire des sons rauques, désagréables, discordants.
- 3Médire de façon particulièrement désagréable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how croasser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] un corbeau croassait à la dernière branche desséchée d’un chêne, et les archers montrèrent en riant ce but à Othon.
Mais alors des corbeaux, qui se balançaient à la verte flèche des peupliers, croassèrent dans le ciel moite et pluvieux.
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.