crocante
/kɾɔ.ˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
The verdict
“crocante” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #25,955 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #25,955
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que tem textura seca, é bem friável e estala ao se comer
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crocante |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kɾɔ.ˈkɐ̃.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #25,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crocante” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for crocante is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɾɔ.ˈkɐ̃.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #25,955 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que tem textura seca, é bem friável e estala ao se comer".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for crocante, with forms such as "ccrocante", "corcante", and "crcoante". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "chocante", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is crocante, spelled C-R-O-C-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1que tem textura seca, é bem friável e estala ao se comer
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccrocante,corcante,crcoante,croacnte,crocanet,crocannte,crocantte,crocatne,croccante,crocnate,crrocante,rcocante
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crocante - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “crocante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-R-O-C-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɾɔ.ˈkɐ̃.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “chocante” - see the side-by-side comparison. crocante vs chocante
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.