# cripple

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkɹɪp(ə)l/ · frequency rank #21,765

## Definitions
1. Crippled.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **crippled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cripple-vs-crippled)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccripple`, `cirpple`, `criple`, `criplpe`, `crippel`, `cripplle`, `crpiple`, `crripple`, `rcipple`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cripple