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crannog

/ˈkɹænəɡ/noun

crannog is spelled C-R-A-N-N-O-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crannog means “An artificial island, used in prehistoric and medieval times in Scotland and Ireland for dwelling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crannog is crannogs.

How many letters and syllables are in crannog?

Letters7: C-R-A-N-N-O-G
In writingabout once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 crannog?

Crannog appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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 crannog?

  • /ˈkɹænəɡ/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of crannog

  • crannogs plural
  • crannóg
  • crannoge

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does crannog mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    An artificial island, used in prehistoric and medieval times in Scotland and Ireland for dwelling.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does crannog come from?

Borrowed from Irish crannóg, from Middle Irish crannóc.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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