crema
"crema" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crema” is uncommon English (frequency #69,765 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,765
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The light-colored, orangish head of foam on a cup of espresso.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crema · crema · English
crema · rank #69,765 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,765
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH creaming
Nearest frequency peer: creaming (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “crema”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cowherd
cowherd
30,240 corpus weight
- CPB
CPB
30,239 corpus weight
- creaming
creaming
30,237 corpus weight
- crema
crema
30,236 corpus weight
- Cremona
Cremona
30,235 corpus weight
- cudgel
cudgel
30,232 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “crema” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crema |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “crema” in English
Rare enough to double-check
crema is uncommon English at frequency #69,765 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The light-colored, orangish head of foam on a cup of espresso.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for crema, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian crema. Doublet of cream, second-etymology crema, and crème. The correct English form is crema, spelled C-R-E-M-A.
Definition
- 1The light-colored, orangish head of foam on a cup of espresso.
Etymology
From Italian crema. Doublet of cream, second-etymology crema, and crème.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).