crippled
/ˈkɹɪpəld/
"crippled" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crippled” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,929. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,929
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crippled · crippled · English
crippled · rank #14,929 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,929
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH crappy
Nearest frequency peer: crappy (-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 “crippled”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- correspond
correspond
85,075 corpus weight
- cradle
cradle
85,074 corpus weight
- crappy
crappy
85,073 corpus weight
- crippled
crippled
85,072 corpus weight
- Dayton
Dayton
85,070 corpus weight
- decency
decency
85,069 corpus weight
What this shows “crippled” 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 | crippled |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɹɪpəld/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,929 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “crippled”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around crippled (IPA /ˈkɹɪpəld/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,929 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for crippled, with forms such as "ccrippled", "cirppled", and "cripled". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "cropped", "crumpled", "clipped", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is crippled, spelled C-R-I-P-P-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
- 2Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crippled appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A crippled man, twenty years older than you, whom you will have to wait on?
a crippled version of the software, lacking many features
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccrippled
- cirppled
- cripled
- criplped
- crippeld
- cripplde
- crippledd
- cripplled
- crpipled
- crrippled
- rcippled
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crippled - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "crippled", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).