crack on

verb

"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.

Key facts for crack on
PropertyValue
Headwordcrack on
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “crack on” sits in English frequency

crack onfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    To continue (at a task) briskly or promptly.
  2. 2
    To continue apace.
  3. 3
    To put on.
  4. 4
    To crack down on or arrest (someone).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how crack on appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Naked Twister will have to wait. I've got to crack on with my essay.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crack on"?
"crack on" is spelled C-R-A-C-K- -O-N.
What does "crack on" mean?
As a verb, "crack on" means: To continue (at a task) briskly or promptly.
What language does "crack on" come from?
"crack on" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list