crouler

\kʁu.le\

/\kʁu.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“crouler” is uncommon French (frequency #73,047 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,047
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tomber en s’affaissant, faire faillite.

Key facts for crouler
PropertyValue
Headwordcrouler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁu.le\
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,047
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “crouler” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). crouler lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crouler is uncommon French at frequency #73,047 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kʁu.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crouler, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is crouler, spelled C-R-O-U-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tomber en s’affaissant, faire faillite.
  2. 2
    Être envahi, dépassé, débordé.
  3. 3
    Agiter, secouer.
  4. 4
    Agiter la queue de peur, en parlant d'un chien.
  5. 5
    Lancer un navire à la mer sur des glissières.
  6. 6
    Se vider, faire ses excréments.

Synonyms

affaisserécroulereffondrerémeutirémutir

This word in other languages

colapsar(Español)

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 "crouler"?
"crouler" is spelled C-R-O-U-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁu.le\.
What does "crouler" mean?
As a verb, "crouler" means: Tomber en s’affaissant, faire faillite.
How do you pronounce "crouler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crouler" is \kʁu.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crouler" come from?
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Using “crouler”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-R-O-U-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kʁu.le\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list