croquer

/\kʁɔ.ke\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,410

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

croquer is aFrenchverb. It means: Produire sous les dents un bruit sec et craquant, en parlant d’aliments qui se cassent lorsqu’on les broie. Pronounced \kʁɔ.ke\. Often confused with croquis and coque.

Key facts for croquer
PropertyValue
Headwordcroquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁɔ.ke\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,410
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of croquer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for croquer is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁɔ.ke\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,410 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for croquer, with forms such as "ccroquer", "corquer", and "croqeur". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "croquis", "coque", "choque", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is croquer, spelled C-R-O-Q-U-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Produire sous les dents un bruit sec et craquant, en parlant d’aliments qui se cassent lorsqu’on les broie.
  2. 2
    Manger avec ce bruit certains aliments.
  3. 3
    Manger avidement, dévorer.
  4. 4
    Dilapider en peu de temps.
  5. 5
    Prendre rapidement, au moyen du crayon, du pinceau, etc., les traits principaux et caractéristiques des objets dont on veut conserver le souvenir, tels qu’une figure, un groupe, etc.
  6. 6
    Esquisser par quelques traits la première idée d’un tableau, d’une composition.
  7. 7
    Dépeindre en quelques traits caractéristiques dans un écrit.
  8. 8
    Toucher une boule avec la sienne, ce qui donne deux coups, et envoyer la boule au loin par un coup qui permet de jouer encore une fois.
  9. 9
    Avoir des relations intimes avec quelqu'un, baiser.
  10. 10
    Réaliser le croquage d’une tôle.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccroquer,corquer,croqeur,croqquer,croquerr,croqure,crouqer,crqouer,crroquer,rcoquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for croquer

Misspelling Variants of "croquer"

ccroquer8corquer7croqeur7croqquer8croquerr8croqure7crouqer7crqouer7
Misspelling Variants of "croquer"

Frequency rank: #20,410 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "croquer"?
"croquer" is spelled C-R-O-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɔ.ke\.
What does "croquer" mean?
As a verb, "croquer" means: Produire sous les dents un bruit sec et craquant, en parlant d’aliments qui se cassent lorsqu’on les broie.
What words are commonly confused with "croquer"?
"croquer" is commonly confused with "croquis", "coque", "choque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "croquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "croquer" is \kʁɔ.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "croquer" come from?
"croquer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.