croustade
\kʁus.tad\
The verdict
“croustade” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enveloppe formée d’une croûte de pâte un peu croquante, dans laquelle on sert différents mets.
Corpus desk
Index FR-croustade · croustade · French
croustade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | croustade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁus.tad\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « croustade » en français
Rare enough to double-check
croustade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁus.tad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
croustade has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is croustade, spelled C-R-O-U-S-T-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Enveloppe formée d’une croûte de pâte un peu croquante, dans laquelle on sert différents mets.
- 2Spécialité pâtissière des vallées du Couserans dans le département de l’Ariège.
- 3Mets constitué de croûte garnie d’une préparation salée.
- 4Crumble.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how croustade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On gâchait dans les assiettes des cèpes à l’italienne et des croustades d’ananas Pompadour.
Servez la croustade avec un peu de salade verte.
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.