crenellated

adjective, verb

crenellated is spelled C-R-E-N-E-L-L-A-T-E-D: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, crenellated means “Having crenellations (battlements)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in crenellated?

Letters	11: C-R-E-N-E-L-L-A-T-E-D
In writing	about once in every 17 million words; the 122,704th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is crenellated?

Crenellated appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form in the list.

crenellated0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of crenellated

more crenellated comparative
most crenellated superlative
crenelated

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does crenellated mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

1
Having crenellations (battlements).
Near-synonym: castellated
2
Having a series of indentations (usually square or squarish).
Near-synonym: castellated

verb

1
simple past and past participle of crenellate (a form of crenellate)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Crenellated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense having crenellations:

Language	Words
German	zinnenbekrönt, mit Zinnen, mit Zinnen versehen

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.