caw
/kɔː/noun, verb, interjection
caw is spelled C-A-W: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, caw means “The harsh cry of a crow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of caw is caws.
How many letters and syllables are in caw?
| Letters | 3: C-A-W |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is caw?
Caw appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce caw?
- UK /kɔː/
- British /koː/
- /kɔ/
Caw has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-caw.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with caw
Sounds like: core (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with caw?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as caw from its last stressed vowel (/ɔ/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of caw
- caws plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- kaw
- cawing participle, present
- cawed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does caw mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The harsh cry of a crow.
verb
- 1
To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven.
interjection
- 1
A rendering of the vocalisation of a crow or other corvid.
noun
- 1
Initialism of carbon arc welding.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Caw in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | croassement, croa , croasser |
| German | Gekrächze, Krächzen , krächzen |
| Portuguese | grasnido, grasnado, grasnada, grasno , grasnir, grasnar |
| Spanish | graznido, crocitar, croscitar, crascitar , graznar, gaznar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.