crotter
\kʁɔ.te\
The verdict
“crotter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Salir avec la crotte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crotter · crotter · French
crotter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | crotter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kʁɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crotter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crotter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kʁɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for crotter in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 crotter, spelled C-R-O-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Salir avec la crotte.
- 2Déféquer une crotte ou un crottin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crotter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La Dalluys entretenoit un pauvre Morainville, vieux mousquetaire ; elle lui payoit le fiacre pour arriver chez elle, de peur que ses souliers ne crottassent le sopha, mais il s'en retournoit à pied.
Vos gamins entreraient tout droit, sans crotter la maison entière.
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.