crickets
/ˈkɹɪk.ɪts/
"crickets" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crickets” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,048. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,048
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of cricket.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crickets · crickets · English
crickets · rank #22,048 · 13 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,048
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH crafty
Nearest frequency peer: crafty (-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 “crickets”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- cot
cot
77,956 corpus weight
- Coulson
Coulson
77,955 corpus weight
- crafty
crafty
77,954 corpus weight
- crickets
crickets
77,953 corpus weight
- Croydon
Croydon
77,952 corpus weight
- crusader
crusader
77,951 corpus weight
What this shows “crickets” 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 | crickets |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹɪk.ɪts/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “crickets”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around crickets (IPA /ˈkɹɪk.ɪts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,048 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for crickets, with forms such as "ccrickets", "circkets", and "crcikets". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Crockett", "cricket", "chickens", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Sense 2 is derived from the cinematic metaphor of chirping crickets at night, signaling (otherwise) complete quiet. The correct English form is crickets, spelled C-R-I-C-K-E-T-S.
Definition
- 1plural of cricket.
- 2Used alone or in metaphorically descriptive phrases: absolute silence where meaningful sound is expected; lack of response; no communication.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crickets appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
to hear crickets
Since then, I've received no response. Not a word. Just… crickets.
Etymology
Sense 2 is derived from the cinematic metaphor of chirping crickets at night, signaling (otherwise) complete quiet.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccrickets
- circkets
- crcikets
- cricckets
- cricekts
- crickest
- cricketss
- cricketts
- crickkets
- cricktes
- crikcets
- crrickets
- rcickets
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crickets - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).