crappie
/ˈkɹɒpi/
"crappie" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crappie” is uncommon English (frequency #65,021 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,021
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A member of either of two species of North American sunfish of the genus Pomoxis, both with silvery-white with black speckles and prized as gamefish.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crappie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹɒpi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crappie” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
crappie is uncommon English at frequency #65,021 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɹɒpi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of either of two species of North American sunfish of the genus Pomoxis, both with silvery-white with black speckles and prized as gamefish.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crappie, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French crapet, crapet-soleil (“sunfish”). The correct English form is crappie, spelled C-R-A-P-P-I-E.
Definition
- 1A member of either of two species of North American sunfish of the genus Pomoxis, both with silvery-white with black speckles and prized as gamefish.
Etymology
Borrowed from French crapet, crapet-soleil (“sunfish”).
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 “crappie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-A-P-P-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɹɒpi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.