Kruste
\ˈkrʊs.tə\
The verdict
“Kruste” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Croûte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kruste · Kruste · French
Kruste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | Kruste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈkrʊs.tə\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Kruste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Kruste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkrʊs.tə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Croûte.".
Kruste has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Kruste, spelled K-R-U-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Croûte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kruste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Hautausschlag besteht (bei Windpocken) aus kleinen roten Flecken und Knoten, die sich zu Bläschen entwickeln. (...) Nach einigen Tagen trocknen die Bläschen aus und bilden eine Kruste (Schorf), die bald abfällt.
Synonyms
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.