raconter des craques
\ʁa.kɔ̃.te de kʁak\
The verdict
“raconter des craques” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dire des mensonges ; raconter des histoires.
Corpus desk
Index FR-raconter-des-craques · raconter des craques · French
raconter des craques · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | raconter des craques |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁa.kɔ̃.te de kʁak\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « raconter des craques » en français
Rare enough to double-check
raconter des craques is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁa.kɔ̃.te de kʁak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dire des mensonges ; raconter des histoires.".
Zero misspellings are on record for raconter des craques in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is raconter des craques, spelled R-A-C-O-N-T-E-R- -D-E-S- -C-R-A-Q-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Dire des mensonges ; raconter des histoires.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how raconter des craques appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eh bien, j'ai le plaisir, preuve à l'appui, de m'inscrire en faux contre cette maligne assertion. Ceux qui l'affirment, l'assènent à tout bout de champ, le proclament à l'envi ont la langue plus fourchue que vipère aspic, ils galèjent mieux que Marseillais à la pétanque, ils ne sont que vils baratineurs, ils mythonent, pipeautent, racontent des craques ou…
Il devait lui raconter des craques pour justifier ses absences en soirée.
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.