crinkly
"crinkly" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crinkly” is uncommon English (frequency #94,723 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,723
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That crinkles.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crinkly · crinkly · English
crinkly · rank #94,723 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,723
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH crewneck
Nearest frequency peer: crewneck (-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 “crinkly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cowichan
Cowichan
5,283 corpus weight
- Crapo
Crapo
5,281 corpus weight
- crewneck
crewneck
5,279 corpus weight
- crinkly
crinkly
5,278 corpus weight
- crosscheck
crosscheck
5,276 corpus weight
- cryogenical…
cryogenically
5,273 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “crinkly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crinkly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #94,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “crinkly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
crinkly is uncommon English at frequency #94,723 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crinkly, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From crinkle + -y. The correct English form is crinkly, spelled C-R-I-N-K-L-Y.
Definition
- 1That crinkles.
- 2Having crinkles; wrinkly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crinkly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Again there was that eerie, indefinable something in Cousin Jimmy’s voice or look that gave Emily a sudden crinkly feeling in her spine.
Himself, he was a little as if made from leather, with his yellow crinkly face, and crinkly reddish hair and beard; and neat folds slanting down his cheeks to the corners of his mouth, and his guttural and one-toned voice;[…]
Etymology
From crinkle + -y.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).