# crap

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɹæp/ · frequency rank #3,613

## Definitions
1. The husk of grain; chaff.
2. Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.
3. Nonsense; something untrue.
4. Feces.
5. An act of defecation.

## Etymology
From Middle English crappe, also in plural: crappys, craps (“chaff; buckwheat”), from Middle French crape, from Old French crappe, crapin (“chaff”) (compare Medieval Latin crappa pl, also crapinum), from Old Dutch krappen (“to cut off, pluck off”) (whence Middle Dutch crappe, crap (“a chop, cutlet”), whence Dutch krip (“a steak”)). Related to crop.

## Easily confused with
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-cup)
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-cry)
- **CSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-csa)
- **CRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-crt)
- **CRM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-crm)
- **CRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-crs)
- **CRO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-cro)
- **CTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-cta)
- **CRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-cri)
- **CSP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-csp)
- **cru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-cru)
- **crew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-crew)
- **crop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-crop)
- **Cruz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-cruz)
- **crow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-crow)
- **crib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-crib)
- **crux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-crux)
- **cusp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-cusp)
- **Cree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-cree)
- **cray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-cray)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ccrap`, `crapp`, `crpa`, `crrap`, `rcap`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/crap