crenel
/ˈkɹɛnəl/
"crenel" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crenel” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crenel · crenel · English
crenel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | crenel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹɛnəl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “crenel” in English
Rare enough to double-check
crenel is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɹɛnəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.".
No misspelling variants are generated for crenel in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French crenel ( > modern French créneau), diminutive of cren (“notch”). The correct English form is crenel, spelled C-R-E-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crenel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: embrasure (sometimes hypernymous technically)
They would wake Lord Bolton and search Harrenhal from crenel to cellar, and when they did they would find the map and the dagger missing, […]
Etymology
From Old French crenel ( > modern French créneau), diminutive of cren (“notch”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.