craps
/kɹæps/noun, verb
craps is spelled C-R-A-P-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, craps means “A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in craps?
| Letters | 5: C-R-A-P-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,998th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is craps?
Craps appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th 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 craps?
- /kɹæps/
Craps has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-craps.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with craps?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as craps.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: scrap, scarp.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of craps
- crap
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does craps mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap.
- 2
plural of crap
- 3
slangvulgar(preceded by the) diarrhea
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of crap
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does craps come from?
From Louisiana Creole craps, a corruption of English crabs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).