croquignolet
\kʁɔ.ki.ɲɔ.lɛ\
The verdict
“croquignolet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mignon, à croquer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-croquignolet · croquignolet · French
croquignolet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | croquignolet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kʁɔ.ki.ɲɔ.lɛ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
croquignolet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kʁɔ.ki.ɲɔ.lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for croquignolet in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is croquignolet, spelled C-R-O-Q-U-I-G-N-O-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Mignon, à croquer.
- 2Bizarre, extraordinaire ou désagréable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how croquignolet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il était une fois un Roi et une Reine qui affurèrent d’une petite môme des plus croquignolettes.
Sous le soleil, il est si croquignolet, le phare blanc bleu du cabo Home…
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.