# crag

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɹæɡ/ · frequency rank #44,715

## Definitions
1. A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.
2. A rough, broken fragment of rock.
3. A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Pliocene to Pleistocene epochs.
4. A game played with three dice, similar to Yahtzee.

## Etymology
From 13th century Middle English crag, from Middle Irish crec, a contracted form of Middle Irish carrac (compare Irish creig, Scottish Gaelic creag), possibly ultimately from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”).

## Easily confused with
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-cry)
- **CSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-csa)
- **CRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-crt)
- **CRM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-crm)
- **CRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-crs)
- **CRO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-cro)
- **CTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-cta)
- **CRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-cri)
- **cru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-cru)
- **crew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-crew)
- **crap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-crap)
- **crop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-crop)
- **Cruz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-cruz)
- **crow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-crow)
- **crib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-crib)
- **cram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-cram)
- **crux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-crux)
- **Cree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-cree)
- **cray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-cray)
- **czar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-czar)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ccrag`, `cragg`, `crga`, `crrag`, `rcag`

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