# crackhead

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɹæk.hɛd/ · frequency rank #44,142

## Definitions
1. A person who is addicted to or regularly uses crack cocaine.
2. Someone whose thinking makes no sense; a fool or an idiot; broadly, any contemptible person.

## Etymology
From crack + -head. First sense appears c. 1978. Second sense appears c. 1977 in Best Canadian Stories.

## Easily confused with
- **cracked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cracked-vs-crackhead)

## Common misspellings (14)
`carckhead`, `ccrackhead`, `cracckhead`, `crachkead`, `crackehad`, `crackhaed`, `crackheadd`, `crackheda`, `crackhhead`, `crackkhead`, `crakchead`, `crcakhead`, `crrackhead`, `rcackhead`

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