crannies
"crannies" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crannies” is uncommon English (frequency #59,304 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,304
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of cranny
Corpus desk
Index EN-crannies · crannies · English
crannies · rank #59,304 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,304
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH crapped
Nearest frequency peer: crapped (+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 “crannies”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- corrode
corrode
40,701 corpus weight
- cowed
cowed
40,699 corpus weight
- crannies
crannies
40,697 corpus weight
- crapped
crapped
40,696 corpus weight
- creasing
creasing
40,695 corpus weight
- croak
croak
40,694 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “crannies” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crannies |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,304 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “crannies” in English
Rare enough to double-check
crannies is uncommon English at frequency #59,304 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of cranny".
No misspelling variants are generated for crannies in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is crannies, spelled C-R-A-N-N-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of cranny
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crannies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Muffins are tastiest when butter seeps into all the nooks and crannies.
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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