craptacular
"craptacular" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“craptacular” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spectacularly awful; so poor in quality as to become a spectacle.
Corpus desk
Index EN-craptacular · craptacular · English
craptacular · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | craptacular |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “craptacular” in English
Rare enough to double-check
craptacular is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spectacularly awful; so poor in quality as to become a spectacle.".
No misspelling variants are generated for craptacular in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From crap + -tacular. The correct English form is craptacular, spelled C-R-A-P-T-A-C-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Spectacularly awful; so poor in quality as to become a spectacle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how craptacular appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The movie was so craptacular that it generated legions of ironic fans who watched it over and over solely to mock it mercilessly.
The craptacular Cirrus Logic chipset is nailed to the PCB. Luckily, adding a soundcard resolves this issue.
Etymology
From crap + -tacular.
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.