croquette

\kʁɔ.kɛt\

/\kʁɔ.kɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“croquette” is uncommon French (frequency #52,599 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,599
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Boulette alimentaire de composition variée, mélangée à de la béchamel puis trempée dans du jaune d’œuf et saupoudrée de chapelure ou de farine, frite et croquante sous la dent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-croquette · croquette · French

croquette · rank #52,599 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,599
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH criante

Nearest frequency peer: criante (-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 « croquette »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for croquette
PropertyValue
Headwordcroquette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁɔ.kɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,599
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « croquette » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).croquettetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « criante » (#52,598), « croupion » (#52,600), « cracker » (#52,597). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « croquette » est au #52,599. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

croquette is uncommon French at frequency #52,599 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɔ.kɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

croquette has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is croquette, spelled C-R-O-Q-U-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Boulette alimentaire de composition variée, mélangée à de la béchamel puis trempée dans du jaune d’œuf et saupoudrée de chapelure ou de farine, frite et croquante sous la dent.
  2. 2
    Friandise sèche, de forme plate et ronde ou ovale.
  3. 3
    Pellet d’aliment pour animaux, en particulier pour les chiens ou les chats.
  4. 4
    Coup de poing, pichenette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il avait fait des pommes de terre sautées pour accompagner des croquettes de viande et, ayant tout mis dans une casserole, il avait enveloppé la casserole dans une couverture pour la garder au chaud.
  2. Nougats de Montélimar au miel sous toutes ses formes dont ce cœur à la Saint-Valentin, tendre cœur en nougat, des croquettes de nougat au chocolat pour fondre de plaisir.

This word in other languages

croquette(English)croqueta(Español)Krokette(Deutsch)croquete(Português)

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 "croquette"?
"croquette" is spelled C-R-O-Q-U-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɔ.kɛt\.
What does "croquette" mean?
As a noun, "croquette" means: Boulette alimentaire de composition variée, mélangée à de la béchamel puis trempée dans du jaune d’œuf et saupoudrée de chapelure ou de farine, frite et croquante sous la dent.
How do you pronounce "croquette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "croquette" is \kʁɔ.kɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "croquette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list