croque-mort
\kʁɔk.mɔʁ\
The verdict
“croque-mort” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui ou celle qui est chargé de transporter les morts au cimetière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-croque-mort · croque-mort · French
croque-mort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | croque-mort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁɔk.mɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
croque-mort is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɔk.mɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui ou celle qui est chargé de transporter les morts au cimetière.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for croque-mort, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is croque-mort, spelled C-R-O-Q-U-E---M-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Celui ou celle qui est chargé de transporter les morts au cimetière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how croque-mort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un gardien dont le rôle était de donner aux croque-morts décharge, sur un registre, des cercueils qu'il avait comptés et vu inhumer, signa le livre et apposa son timbre en marge.
Quand les héritiers étaient contents Au fossoyeur, au croque-mort, au curé, aux chevaux même Ils payaient un verre.
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.