# craven

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkɹeɪ.vən/ · frequency rank #22,633

## Definitions
1. Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.

## Etymology
From Middle English cravant, either borrowed from Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past participle of cravanter (ultimately from Latin crepare), or a modification of creaunt (“defeated”) after craven (“to crave”).

## Easily confused with
- **craze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craven-vs-craze)
- **crazed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craven-vs-crazed)
- **crayon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craven-vs-crayon)
- **craves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craven-vs-craves)
- **craving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craven-vs-craving)
- **cave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cave-vs-craven)
- **Caen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-craven)
- **crane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crane-vs-craven)
- **caves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caves-vs-craven)
- **crate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crate-vs-craven)
- **crave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crave-vs-craven)
- **coven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coven-vs-craven)
- **caved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caved-vs-craven)
- **crater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crater-vs-craven)
- **cranes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cranes-vs-craven)
- **Chavez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chavez-vs-craven)
- **crates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crates-vs-craven)
- **cavern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cavern-vs-craven)
- **Cramer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cramer-vs-craven)
- **craved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craved-vs-craven)

## Common misspellings (9)
`carven`, `ccraven`, `craevn`, `cravenn`, `cravne`, `cravven`, `crraven`, `crvaen`, `rcaven`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/craven