crotte de nez
\kʁɔt də ne\
The verdict
“crotte de nez” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mucus séché évacué par le nez.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crotte-de-nez · crotte de nez · French
crotte de nez · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | crotte de nez |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁɔt də ne\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
crotte de nez is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɔt də ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
crotte de nez doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is crotte de nez, spelled C-R-O-T-T-E- -D-E- -N-E-Z.
Definition
- 1Mucus séché évacué par le nez.
- 2Employé parfois comme injure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crotte de nez appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’écrivain noya le poisson en roulant une crotte de nez au bout de ses doigts. Quel manque d’élégance ! Mais quel savoir-faire !
Tel autre encore n’avait pas scrupule à projeter d’une pichenette ses crottes de nez dans la corbeille à papiers.
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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.