craft
/kɹɑːft/
"craft" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“craft” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #4,293 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,293
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Strength; power; might; force .
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | craft |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɹɑːft/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “craft” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for craft is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɹɑːft/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,293 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 16 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for craft, with forms such as "carft", "ccraft", and "crafft". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CRT", "crap", "cram", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English craft (“strength, skill”), from Old English cræft (“strength, skill”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz (“strength, power”); further origin obscure. Cognate with German Kraft (“strength, power, force, energy… The correct English form is craft, spelled C-R-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Strength; power; might; force .
- 2Intellectual power; skill; art.
- 3Intellectual power; skill; art.
- 4Intellectual power; skill; art.
- 5A work or product of art .
- 6A work or product of art .
- 7A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment .
- 8Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts’ of the medieval universities .
- 9Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .
- 10A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation .
- 11A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ .
- 12A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space .
- 13A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space .
- 14A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space .
- 15A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space .
- 16Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. .
Etymology
From Middle English craft (“strength, skill”), from Old English cræft (“strength, skill”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz (“strength, power”); further origin obscure. Cognate with German Kraft (“strength, power, force, energy, employee”) and Danish kraft (“strength, power, force”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: carft,ccraft,crafft,craftt,cratf,crfat,crraft,rcaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of craft - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "craft"?
What does "craft" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "craft"?
How do you pronounce "craft"?
What is the origin of the word "craft"?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “craft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɹɑːft/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “CRT” - see the side-by-side comparison. craft vs CRT
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
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.