croquer la pomme
\kʁɔ.ke la pɔm\
The verdict
“croquer la pomme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Céder à la tentation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-croquer-la-pomme · croquer la pomme · French
croquer la pomme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | croquer la pomme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kʁɔ.ke la pɔm\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « croquer la pomme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
croquer la pomme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kʁɔ.ke la pɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
croquer la pomme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is croquer la pomme, spelled C-R-O-Q-U-E-R- -L-A- -P-O-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Céder à la tentation.
- 2Faire l’amour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how croquer la pomme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Selon la Bible, Ève, avant de croquer la pomme, vivait sans interdits, sans inhibitions, sans peurs, sans pudeur, en un mot, elle vivait nue.
Seigneur, et la journaliste qui avait l'air prête à l'inviter à venir dîner chez elle ! - Où à croquer la pomme avec elle au lit, ajouta Ralph d'un ton pince-sans-rire.
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.