crotte de nez
\kʁɔt də ne\
The verdict
“crotte de nez” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mucus séché évacué par le nez.
| 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) |
Where “crotte de nez” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for crotte de nez is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁɔt də ne\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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.
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Using “crotte de nez”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-R-O-T-T-E- -D-E- -N-E-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kʁɔt də ne\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.