crack on
"crack-on" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crack on” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To continue (at a task) briskly or promptly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crack-on · crack on · English
crack on · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | crack on |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crack on” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
crack on is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for crack on in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is crack on, spelled C-R-A-C-K- -O-N.
Definition
- 1To continue (at a task) briskly or promptly.
- 2To continue apace.
- 3To put on.
- 4To crack down on or arrest (someone).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crack on appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Naked Twister will have to wait. I've got to crack on with my essay.
What's the use of cracking-on for nothing? Would you slip it now if you got the chance?
This word in other languages
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.
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