craik
"craik" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“craik” is uncommon English (frequency #93,580 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,580
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of crake.
Corpus desk
Index EN-craik · craik · English
craik · rank #93,580 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,580
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH counterstrike
Nearest frequency peer: counterstrike (-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 “craik”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cotten
Cotten
6,424 corpus weight
- counterpunch
counterpunch
6,423 corpus weight
- counterstri…
counterstrike
6,422 corpus weight
- craik
craik
6,421 corpus weight
- crating
crating
6,420 corpus weight
- criminalise
criminalise
6,418 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “craik” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | craik |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,580 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “craik” in English
Rare enough to double-check
craik is uncommon English at frequency #93,580 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for craik in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is craik, spelled C-R-A-I-K.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of crake.
- 2Misspelling of craic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how craik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I have heard the word "craik" used by both the Irish and Scottish to mean "good conversation" or something close to that, varying a bit in context.
Ye bust yer chops engineering intelligent monkeys an ye hae a guid craik wi them.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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