# Crabb

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #49,268

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.

## Etymology
* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun crab (both senses)
* As a German, Dutch, and occasionally Danish surname, spelling variant of Krabbe.

## Easily confused with
- **crap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-crap)
- **crib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-crib)
- **cram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-cram)
- **cray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-cray)
- **crag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-crag)
- **crazy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-crazy)
- **crash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-crash)
- **crack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-crack)
- **craft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-craft)
- **Craig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-craig)
- **crane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-crane)
- **crawl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-crawl)
- **crank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-crank)
- **crate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-crate)
- **crave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-crave)
- **crabs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-crabs)
- **craze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-craze)
- **cramp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-cramp)
- **crumb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-crumb)
- **crass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crabb-vs-crass)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ccrabb`, `crbab`, `crrabb`, `rcabb`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/crabb