crawler

noun

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"crawler" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“crawler” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,506. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,506
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walk.

Corpus desk

Index EN-crawler · crawler · English

crawler · rank #36,506 · 11 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,506
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH cramming

Nearest frequency peer: cramming (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “crawler”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “crawler” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

crawler vs Crowley
57% similar
crawler vs Crawley
71% similar
crawler vs crowder
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for crawler
PropertyValue
Headwordcrawler
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,506
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “crawler”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).crawlerlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “cramming” (#36,505), “Cris” (#36,507), “cornet” (#36,504). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “crawler” is #36,506. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around crawler, anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,506 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for crawler, with forms such as "carwler", "ccrawler", and "cralwer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Crowley", "Crawley", "crowder", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From crawl (“to move slowly, by dragging the body along the ground”) + -er. The correct English form is crawler, spelled C-R-A-W-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walk.
  2. 2
    A crawl swimmer.
  3. 3
    A tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels.
  4. 4
    A software bot that autonomously follows connected paths such as links between web pages.
  5. 5
    A mobile stage in the development of stationary hemipteran insects such as scale insects—generally the first instar.
  6. 6
    A cab that is driven slowly along while its driver looks out for a fare.
  7. 7
    Synonym of crawler crane.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how crawler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Crawler-based search engines have three major elements. The first is the spider, also called the crawler, which visits a web page, reads it, and then follows links to other pages within the site.
  2. These serve as an algorithmic way to judge the “mobileness” of a site, and similar algorithms are likely to be used by the search crawlers.

Etymology

From crawl (“to move slowly, by dragging the body along the ground”) + -er.

This word in other languages

bebe(Español)crawleur(Français)Raupe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • carwler
  • ccrawler
  • cralwer
  • crawelr
  • crawlerr
  • crawller
  • crawlre
  • crawwler
  • crrawler
  • crwaler
  • rcawler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crawler - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

carwler2ccrawler1cralwer2crawelr2crawlerr1crawller1crawlre2crawwler1
Edit distance from "crawler"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crawler"?
"crawler" is spelled C-R-A-W-L-E-R.
What does "crawler" mean?
As a noun, "crawler" means: A child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walk.
What words are commonly confused with "crawler"?
"crawler" is commonly confused with "Crowley", "Crawley", "crowder". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "crawler"?
From crawl (“to move slowly, by dragging the body along the ground”) + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crawler", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cruised#36,508corneal#36,503diehard#36,520divider#36,527

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

cramming11 variantscomatose11 variantscaucuses11 variantsEhrlich11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list