crypte

\kʁipt\

/\kʁipt\/ noun

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The verdict

“crypte” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,160. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,160
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Église souterraine où l’on a quelquefois enterré les morts.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crypte · crypte · French

crypte · rank #23,160 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,160
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH croie

Nearest frequency peer: croie (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « crypte »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « crypte » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

crypte vs cryptée
86% similar
crypte vs crête
67% similar
crypte vs capte
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for crypte
PropertyValue
Headwordcrypte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁipt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,160
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crypte »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cryptese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « croie » (#23,159), « crânes » (#23,161), « critiquant » (#23,158). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crypte » est au #23,160. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around crypte (IPA \kʁipt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,160 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for crypte, with forms such as "ccrypte", "crpyte", and "crrypte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "cryptée", "crête", "capte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 crypte, spelled C-R-Y-P-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Église souterraine où l’on a quelquefois enterré les morts.
  2. 2
    Église souterraine qui supporte l’église apparente.
  3. 3
    Petits corps arrondis ou lenticulaires, creux, situés dans l’épaisseur de la peau ou des membranes muqueuses et destinés à sécréter des liquides de diverses natures, qui s’échappent de leur cavité par une ouverture étroite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how crypte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La crypte du Panthéon.
  2. Cette crypte reproduirait donc les passages les plus consolants et les plus héroïques du Saint-Livre, car dans ce pieux cellier la Vierge domine ; […].

Synonyms

follicule

This word in other languages

crypt(English)cripta(Español)Krypta(Deutsch)cripta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrypte
  • crpyte
  • crrypte
  • crypet
  • cryppte
  • cryptte
  • crytpe
  • cryypte
  • cyrpte
  • rcypte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crypte - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccrypte1crpyte2crrypte1crypet2cryppte1cryptte1crytpe2cryypte1
Edit distance from "crypte"

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 "crypte"?
"crypte" is spelled C-R-Y-P-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁipt\.
What does "crypte" mean?
As a noun, "crypte" means: Église souterraine où l’on a quelquefois enterré les morts.
What words are commonly confused with "crypte"?
"crypte" is commonly confused with "cryptée", "crête", "capte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crypte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crypte" is \kʁipt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crypte" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crypte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crânes#23,161dicton#23,170Dresde#23,178common#23,141

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

coûtait10 variantsconteur10 variantsComores10 variantsDonovan10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list