crier
/ˈkɹaɪɚ/
"crier" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crier” is uncommon English (frequency #57,961 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,961
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who cries.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crier · crier · English
crier · rank #57,961 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,961
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH counterparty
Nearest frequency peer: counterparty (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “crier”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- corrector
corrector
42,045 corpus weight
- corticoster…
corticosteroid
42,044 corpus weight
- corvus
corvus
42,043 corpus weight
- counterparty
counterparty
42,041 corpus weight
- crier
crier
42,040 corpus weight
- cringeworthy
cringeworthy
42,039 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “crier” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹaɪɚ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,961 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “crier” in English
Rare enough to double-check
crier is uncommon English at frequency #57,961 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɹaɪɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crier, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English criour, cryour, crier, from Old French crieor (Modern French crieur), derived from the verb crier. By surface analysis, cry + -er. The correct English form is crier, spelled C-R-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who cries.
- 2An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Once again she had been stricken, beaten down, so violated that to give utterance to her feelings might have outshrilled all the criers in hell.
Etymology
From Middle English criour, cryour, crier, from Old French crieor (Modern French crieur), derived from the verb crier. By surface analysis, cry + -er.
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.
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