crackpot
/ˈkɹæk.pɒt/noun, adjective
crackpot is spelled C-R-A-C-K-P-O-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crackpot means “An eccentric, crazy or foolish person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crackpot is crackpots.
How many letters and syllables are in crackpot?
| Letters | 8: C-R-A-C-K-P-O-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is crackpot?
Crackpot appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce crackpot?
- /ˈkɹæk.pɒt/
Crackpot has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-crackpot.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of crackpot
- crackpots plural
- more crackpot comparative
- most crackpot superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crackpot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalAn eccentric, crazy or foolish person.
Time will tell whether he is a crackpot or a genius for promoting that sort of idea.
- 2
informalSomeone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).
adjective
- 1
informalEccentric or impractical.
a crackpot idea
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crackpot in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does crackpot come from?
Mostly likely a back-etymology of pot, to form crack + pot. Originally, from crack + pate. Compare typologically Russian чо́кнутый (čóknutyj) (< чо́каться (čókatʹsja), onomatopoeic), see crack for the further typology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).