crescent
/ˈkɹɛ.zn̩t/
"crescent" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crescent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,491. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,491
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crescent · crescent · English
crescent · rank #13,491 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #13,491
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH crises
Nearest frequency peer: crises (+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 “crescent”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- combustion
combustion
86,514 corpus weight
- comprehensi…
comprehension
86,513 corpus weight
- concession
concession
86,512 corpus weight
- crescent
crescent
86,510 corpus weight
- crises
crises
86,509 corpus weight
- defective
defective
86,507 corpus weight
What this shows “crescent” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crescent |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹɛ.zn̩t/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “crescent”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around crescent (IPA /ˈkɹɛ.zn̩t/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,491 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for crescent, with forms such as "ccrescent", "cerscent", and "crecsent". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "crescendo", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman cressaunt and Old French creissant (“crescent of the moon”) (French croissant), from Latin crēscēns, present active participle of crēscō (“arise, thrive”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- (“to grow”). See Ol… The correct English form is crescent, spelled C-R-E-S-C-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
- 2Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
- 3Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
- 4Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
- 5Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
- 6A crescent spanner.
- 7Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
- 8A crescentspot butterfly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crescent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Turkish flag features a white star and crescent on red base.
Sebastiani receives publicly the Sultan's thanks, and is decorated with the Order of the Crescent
Etymology
From Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman cressaunt and Old French creissant (“crescent of the moon”) (French croissant), from Latin crēscēns, present active participle of crēscō (“arise, thrive”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- (“to grow”). See Old Armenian սերիմ (serim, “be born”) and սերեմ (serem, “bring forth”), Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl”) and κούρος (koúros, “boy”), Latin creāre (“produce, create, bring forth”) and Ceres (“goddess of agriculture”). Doublet of croissant. The pronunciation with /z/ is a comparatively recent innovation due to the influence of words such as pheasant and present.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccrescent
- cerscent
- crecsent
- cresccent
- crescennt
- crescentt
- crescetn
- crescnet
- cresecnt
- cresscent
- crrescent
- crsecent
- rcescent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crescent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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