cripes
/kɹaɪps/interjection
cripes is spelled C-R-I-P-E-S: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, cripes means “A mild curse or expression of surprise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in cripes?
| Letters | 6: C-R-I-P-E-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 100,430th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cripes?
Cripes appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cripes?
- /kɹaɪps/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cripes.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cripes?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cripes.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: spicer, precis, crepis.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does cripes mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
A mild curse or expression of surprise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cripes come from?
Minced oath for Christ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).