crankshaft
"crankshaft" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crankshaft” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,404. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,404
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A rotating shaft with throws (parts that stick out) and which drives, is driven by (cranked by), or functions as a crank.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crankshaft |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #37,404 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crankshaft” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around crankshaft, anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,404 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A rotating shaft with throws (parts that stick out) and which drives, is driven by (cranked by), or functions as a crank.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for crankshaft, with forms such as "carnkshaft", "ccrankshaft", and "craknshaft". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From crank + shaft. The correct English form is crankshaft, spelled C-R-A-N-K-S-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1A rotating shaft with throws (parts that stick out) and which drives, is driven by (cranked by), or functions as a crank.
Etymology
From crank + shaft.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- carnkshaft
- ccrankshaft
- craknshaft
- crankhsaft
- crankkshaft
- cranksahft
- crankshafft
- crankshaftt
- crankshatf
- crankshfat
- crankshhaft
- cranksshaft
- crannkshaft
- cranskhaft
- crnakshaft
- crrankshaft
- rcankshaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crankshaft - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “crankshaft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-A-N-K-S-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.