crawdad
/ˈkɹɔˌdæd/
"crawdad" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crawdad” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of crayfish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crawdad · crawdad · English
crawdad · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | crawdad |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹɔˌdæd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “crawdad” in English
Rare enough to double-check
crawdad is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɹɔˌdæd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of crayfish.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for crawdad, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Alteration of US and British dialectal crawdab (“crayfish”). The correct English form is crawdad, spelled C-R-A-W-D-A-D.
Definition
- 1Synonym of crayfish.
Etymology
Alteration of US and British dialectal crawdab (“crayfish”).
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.