crematory
"crematory" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crematory” is uncommon English (frequency #88,238 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,238
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pertaining to the act of cremating bodies.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crematory · crematory · English
crematory · rank #88,238 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,238
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH creepiness
Nearest frequency peer: creepiness (-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 “crematory”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- couponing
couponing
11,767 corpus weight
- crabbing
crabbing
11,765 corpus weight
- creepiness
creepiness
11,764 corpus weight
- crematory
crematory
11,763 corpus weight
- Croesus
Croesus
11,761 corpus weight
- crowdsource
crowdsource
11,759 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “crematory” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crematory |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crematory” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
crematory is uncommon English at frequency #88,238 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pertaining to the act of cremating bodies.".
crematory doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cremate + -ory. The correct English form is crematory, spelled C-R-E-M-A-T-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to the act of cremating bodies.
Etymology
From cremate + -ory.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "crematory"?
What does "crematory" mean?
What is the origin of the word "crematory"?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crematory", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 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.