crackled
"crackled" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crackled” is uncommon English (frequency #77,566 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,566
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having a crackle, or glaze resembling many small cracks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crackled |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,566 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crackled” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
crackled is uncommon English at frequency #77,566 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for crackled, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is crackled, spelled C-R-A-C-K-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having a crackle, or glaze resembling many small cracks.
- 2Having a crackling sound.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-A-C-K-L-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.