# crackers

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #15,996

## Definitions
1. plural of cracker

## Etymology
From cracker + -s. The South African sense is from their sound and its status as a plurale tantum by association with trousers. The adjectival sense derives from British naval expressions referring to firecrackers in one's head, originally as "he's got the crackers" and then "he's gone crackers" before the present "he is crackers".

## Easily confused with
- **cracks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crackers-vs-cracks)
- **crocker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crackers-vs-crocker)
- **crickets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crackers-vs-crickets)
- **crockery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crackers-vs-crockery)
- **cracked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cracked-vs-crackers)
- **cracker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cracker-vs-crackers)

## Common misspellings (13)
`carckers`, `ccrackers`, `cracckers`, `cracekrs`, `crackerrs`, `crackerss`, `crackesr`, `crackkers`, `crackres`, `crakcers`, `crcakers`, `crrackers`, `rcackers`

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