crocheter

\kʁɔʃ.te\

/\kʁɔʃ.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“crocheter” is uncommon French (frequency #68,953 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,953
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouvrir une porte, un meuble, etc., avec un crochet, au lieu de clef.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crocheter · crocheter · French

crocheter · rank #68,953 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,953
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH crisser

Nearest frequency peer: crisser (-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 « crocheter »

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 « crocheter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for crocheter
PropertyValue
Headwordcrocheter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁɔʃ.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#68,953
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « crocheter » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).crochetertombe 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: « crisser » (#68,952), « crooner » (#68,954), « couperait » (#68,950). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crocheter » est au #68,953. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crocheter is uncommon French at frequency #68,953 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kʁɔʃ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for crocheter in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is crocheter, spelled C-R-O-C-H-E-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ouvrir une porte, un meuble, etc., avec un crochet, au lieu de clef.
  2. 2
    Forcer une serrure, une porte, comme le fait un voleur.
  3. 3
    Forcer un accès.
  4. 4
    Réaliser un vêtement à l’aide de fil et d’un crochet.
  5. 5
    Broder au crochet, garnir des dessins ou créer de la dentelle de fil à l’aide d’un crochet.
  6. 6
    Faire un crochet du pied dans le but de faire choir.
  7. 7
    Faire un crochet, changer subitement de direction.
  8. 8
    Saisir avec un doigt, comme s’il s’agissait d’un crochet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous avions oublié la clef, il fallut crocheter la porte. - Crocheter une serrure.
  2. Je me suis faufilé dans la rue […]. Monté les 7 étages, crocheté la porte dans le noir.

This word in other languages

tejer(Español)häkeln(Deutsch)

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 "crocheter"?
"crocheter" is spelled C-R-O-C-H-E-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɔʃ.te\.
What does "crocheter" mean?
As a verb, "crocheter" means: Ouvrir une porte, un meuble, etc., avec un crochet, au lieu de clef.
How do you pronounce "crocheter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crocheter" is \kʁɔʃ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crocheter" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

couperait#68,950consultes#68,939consacrez#68,936concevait#68,934

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list