croustillon
\kʁus.ti.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“croustillon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beignet frit, le plus souvent saupoudré de sucre glace, que l’on achète sur les foires et les kermesses.
Corpus desk
Index FR-croustillon · croustillon · French
croustillon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | croustillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁus.ti.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
croustillon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁus.ti.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for croustillon, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 croustillon, spelled C-R-O-U-S-T-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Beignet frit, le plus souvent saupoudré de sucre glace, que l’on achète sur les foires et les kermesses.
- 2Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)…
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how croustillon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les croustillons sont-ils de la pâtisserie ? interroge Mᵉ Pascaud qui, après avoir donné lecture de la liste des gâteaux permis et interdits n’y trouve trace aucune des fameux croustillons. Il tranche donc ainsi la question: Les croustillons sont une spécialité locale. Or les spécialités locales doivent, en vertu même des prescriptions de la loi, faire l’…
Dans de nombreux domaines, comme les boutiques de confiserie, les fritures, les marchands de croustillons, aucune évolution ni aucun changement notable n'est à signaler. […]; les croustillons les plus renommés sont achetés chez Clarembaux, Janssens, Stam et Samanon.
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