crackerjack
/ˈkɹækɚd͡ʒæk/
"crackerjack" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crackerjack” is uncommon English (frequency #91,387 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,387
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exceptionally fine or excellent; top-notch; high quality.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crackerjack · crackerjack · English
crackerjack · rank #91,387 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,387
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Crawfordsville
Nearest frequency peer: Crawfordsville (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “crackerjack”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- corder
corder
8,619 corpus weight
- cordite
cordite
8,618 corpus weight
- CPN
CPN
8,616 corpus weight
- crackerjack
crackerjack
8,614 corpus weight
- Crawfordsvi…
Crawfordsville
8,613 corpus weight
- criminalisa…
criminalisation
8,610 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “crackerjack” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crackerjack |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɹækɚd͡ʒæk/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #91,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “crackerjack” in English
Rare enough to double-check
crackerjack is uncommon English at frequency #91,387 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkɹækɚd͡ʒæk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
crackerjack has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From crack (“highly skilled, excellent”) + -er + jack (“man”). The correct English form is crackerjack, spelled C-R-A-C-K-E-R-J-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1Exceptionally fine or excellent; top-notch; high quality.
- 2Expert, top-rated or high-performing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crackerjack appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: cracking
Etymology
From crack (“highly skilled, excellent”) + -er + jack (“man”).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).