croupion
\kʁu.pjɔ̃\
The verdict
“croupion” is uncommon French (frequency #52,600 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,600
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Saillie postérieure des oiseaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-croupion · croupion · French
croupion · rank #52,600 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,600
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH croquette
Nearest frequency peer: croquette (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « croupion »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cracker
cracker
47,404 corpus weight
- criante
criante
47,403 corpus weight
- croquette
croquette
47,402 corpus weight
- croupion
croupion
47,401 corpus weight
- crématorium
crématorium
47,400 corpus weight
- créèrent
créèrent
47,399 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « croupion » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | croupion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁu.pjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « croupion » en français
Rare enough to double-check
croupion is uncommon French at frequency #52,600 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁu.pjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
croupion has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is croupion, spelled C-R-O-U-P-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Saillie postérieure des oiseaux.
- 2Extrémité inférieure de l’échine de l’être humain.
- 3Qualifie un organisme qui dépend d’un autre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how croupion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils séjournent quelque temps dans nos plaines, riche étape où abonde l’insecte, exclusive nourriture de la plupart ; motte par motte, ils visitent nos champs, où le soc du labourage met alors à découvert dans les sillons une foule de vermisseaux, leur régal ; à ce régime, promptement ils gagnent croupion matelassé de graisse, grenier d’abondance, réserve…
Le croupion d’un poulet, d’un chapon.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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