crappo
/ˈkɹæpəʊ/
"crappo" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crappo” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of very low quality; crap, lousy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crappo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɹæpəʊ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crappo” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for crappo is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɹæpəʊ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Of very low quality; crap, lousy.".
crappo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From crap (“of poor quality”) + -o (colloquializing suffix). The correct English form is crappo, spelled C-R-A-P-P-O.
Definition
- 1Of very low quality; crap, lousy.
Etymology
From crap (“of poor quality”) + -o (colloquializing suffix).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “crappo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-A-P-P-O - 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.