cripple
/ˈkɹɪp(ə)l/
"cripple" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cripple” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,765. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,765
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Crippled.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cripple · cripple · English
cripple · rank #21,765 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #21,765
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cretaceous
Nearest frequency peer: Cretaceous (-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 “cripple”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- craftsman
craftsman
78,239 corpus weight
- creams
creams
78,238 corpus weight
- Cretaceous
Cretaceous
78,237 corpus weight
- cripple
cripple
78,236 corpus weight
- crooks
crooks
78,235 corpus weight
- crunchy
crunchy
78,234 corpus weight
What this shows “cripple” 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 | cripple |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɹɪp(ə)l/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cripple”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around cripple (IPA /ˈkɹɪp(ə)l/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,765 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Crippled.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cripple, with forms such as "ccripple", "cirpple", and "criple". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "crippled", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English cripel, crepel, crüpel, from Old English crypel (“crippled; a cripple”), from Proto-Germanic *krupilaz (“tending to crawl; a cripple”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to bend, crouch, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bend… The correct English form is cripple, spelled C-R-I-P-P-L-E.
Definition
- 1Crippled.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cripple appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And chide the cripple tardy-gaited night, who, like a foul and ugly witch, doth limp so tediously away.
Early treatment, and treatment spread over a long period, was the on means of rendering a cripple child fit to mix with its fellows on anything like equal terms, […]
Etymology
From Middle English cripel, crepel, crüpel, from Old English crypel (“crippled; a cripple”), from Proto-Germanic *krupilaz (“tending to crawl; a cripple”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to bend, crouch, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bend, twist”), equivalent to creep + -le. Cognate with Dutch kreupel, Low German Kröpel, German Krüppel, Old Norse kryppill.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccripple
- cirpple
- criple
- criplpe
- crippel
- cripplle
- crpiple
- crripple
- rcipple
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cripple - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cripple", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).