crisscrossed
"crisscrossed" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crisscrossed” is uncommon English (frequency #70,585 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,585
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Marked by lines crossing in two or more directions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crisscrossed · crisscrossed · English
crisscrossed · rank #70,585 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,585
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH CR7
Nearest frequency peer: CR7 (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “crisscrossed”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- coursed
coursed
29,418 corpus weight
- CR7
CR7
29,417 corpus weight
- crisscrossed
crisscrossed
29,416 corpus weight
- cronk
cronk
29,415 corpus weight
- cuesta
cuesta
29,413 corpus weight
- Cuming
Cuming
29,412 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “crisscrossed” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crisscrossed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #70,585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crisscrossed” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
crisscrossed is uncommon English at frequency #70,585 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marked by lines crossing in two or more directions.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for crisscrossed in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 crisscrossed, spelled C-R-I-S-S-C-R-O-S-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1Marked by lines crossing in two or more directions.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.