crankbait
noun
crankbait is spelled C-R-A-N-K-B-A-I-T: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crankbait means “A kind of fishing lure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crankbait is crankbaits.
How many letters and syllables are in crankbait?
| Letters | 9: C-R-A-N-K-B-A-I-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is crankbait?
Crankbait appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th 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 crankbait?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-crankbait.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of crankbait
- crankbaits plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crankbait mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A kind of fishing lure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does crankbait come from?
From crank + bait.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).