crochets

\kʁɔ.ʃɛ\

/\kʁɔ.ʃɛ\/ noun

The verdict

“crochets” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,666. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,666
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de crochet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crochets · crochets · French

crochets · rank #17,666 · 13 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,666
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coupez

Nearest frequency peer: coupez (-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 « crochets »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « crochets » 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).

crochets vs croche
75% similar
crochets vs cochet
75% similar
crochets vs crochet
88% similar

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

Key facts for crochets
PropertyValue
Headwordcrochets
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁɔ.ʃɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,666
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crochets »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « coupez » (#17,665), « corridor » (#17,664), « cut » (#17,668). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crochets » est au #17,666. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around crochets (IPA \kʁɔ.ʃɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,666 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de crochet.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for crochets, with forms such as "ccrochets", "corchets", and "crcohets". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "croche", "cochet", "crochet", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is crochets, spelled C-R-O-C-H-E-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de crochet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un système de crochets et de cordes est aménagé à la partie inférieure du couvercle et sur la paroi interne du tonneau pour y déposer les objets à stériliser ou à déverminiser ; on bouche les interstices avec de la glaise, du feutre mouillé ou des chiffons mouillés.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrochets
  • corchets
  • crcohets
  • crocchets
  • crocehts
  • crochest
  • crochetss
  • crochetts
  • crochhets
  • crochtes
  • crohcets
  • crrochets
  • rcochets

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccrochets1corchets2crcohets2crocchets1crocehts2crochest2crochetss1crochetts1
Edit distance from "crochets"

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 "crochets"?
"crochets" is spelled C-R-O-C-H-E-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɔ.ʃɛ\.
What does "crochets" mean?
As a noun, "crochets" means: Pluriel de crochet.
What words are commonly confused with "crochets"?
"crochets" is commonly confused with "croche", "cochet", "crochet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crochets"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crochets" is \kʁɔ.ʃɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crochets" come from?
"crochets" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list