craggy
/ˈkɹæɡ.i/
"craggy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“craggy” is uncommon English (frequency #50,446 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,446
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.
Corpus desk
Index EN-craggy · craggy · English
craggy · rank #50,446 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,446
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH creatinine
Nearest frequency peer: creatinine (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “craggy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cortisone
cortisone
49,559 corpus weight
- coun
coun
49,558 corpus weight
- craggy
craggy
49,555 corpus weight
- creatinine
creatinine
49,554 corpus weight
- Cressida
Cressida
49,552 corpus weight
- cronyism
cronyism
49,550 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “craggy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | craggy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɹæɡ.i/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,446 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “craggy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
craggy is uncommon English at frequency #50,446 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkɹæɡ.i/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.".
craggy doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From crag + -y. The correct English form is craggy, spelled C-R-A-G-G-Y.
Definition
- 1Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how craggy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The goat climbed up the craggy rocks.
The old man had craggy, uncultured features, but had bright, intelligent eyes.
Etymology
From crag + -y.
This word in other languages
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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