crafty
/ˈkɹæfti/adjective
crafty is spelled C-R-A-F-T-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, crafty means “Skillful at deceiving others” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in crafty?
| Letters | 6: C-R-A-F-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is crafty?
Crafty appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd 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 crafty?
- US /ˈkɹæfti/
- UK /ˈkɹɑːfti/
Crafty 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-crafty.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with crafty?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as crafty from its last stressed vowel (/æfti/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of crafty
- craftier comparative
- craftiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crafty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Skillful at deceiving others.
- 2
Sneaky; surreptitious.
I took a crafty look at his hand of cards while he was out of the room.
- 3
Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous, clever.
- 4
datedMagical or occult, or allegedly so.
a crafty science
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crafty in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | diestro , mañoso, habiloso , astuto, pillo, listo |
| German | geschickt , gerissen, schlau, listig |
| French | rusé, madré |
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 crafty come from?
From Middle English crafty, crefty, craftiȝ, from Old English cræftiġ (“ingenious; skilful; crafty; cunning; virtuous; powerful”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftag, *kraftīg, *kraftug, from Proto-Germanic *kraftugaz (“powerful”), equivalent to craft + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kräftich, krääftig, West Frisian krêftich, Dutch krachtig, German Low German krachtig, German kräftig.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).