cravat
/kɹəˈvat/
"cravat" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cravat” is uncommon English (frequency #65,800 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,800
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A wide fabric band worn as a necktie by men having long ends hanging in front.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cravat · cravat · English
cravat · rank #65,800 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,800
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH creditworthin…
Nearest frequency peer: creditworthiness (+1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cravat”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Costigan
Costigan
34,205 corpus weight
- cowling
cowling
34,204 corpus weight
- cravat
cravat
34,201 corpus weight
- creditworth…
creditworthiness
34,200 corpus weight
- CRF
CRF
34,199 corpus weight
- cringy
cringy
34,198 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cravat” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cravat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɹəˈvat/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,800 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cravat” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cravat is uncommon English at frequency #65,800 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɹəˈvat/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cravat in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French cravate, an appellative use of Cravate (“Croat”), from Dutch Krawaat, from German Krawatte, from Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt/Хр̀ва̄т (“Croat”). The cravat is regarded as originating from a linen scarf worn by Croatian mercenaries which was adopted int… The correct English form is cravat, spelled C-R-A-V-A-T.
Definition
- 1A wide fabric band worn as a necktie by men having long ends hanging in front.
- 2A decorative fabric band or scarf worn around the neck by women.
- 3A bandage resembling a cravat, particularly a triangular bandage folded into a strip.
Etymology
From French cravate, an appellative use of Cravate (“Croat”), from Dutch Krawaat, from German Krawatte, from Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt/Хр̀ва̄т (“Croat”). The cravat is regarded as originating from a linen scarf worn by Croatian mercenaries which was adopted into French fashion in the 17th century. Doublet of Croat.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.