crock
/kɹɒk/
"crock" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crock” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #27,794 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,794
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
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 | crock |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɹɒk/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #27,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crock” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for crock is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɹɒk/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,794 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for crock, with forms such as "ccrock", "corck", and "crcok". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "crop", "crow", "cuck", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English crok, crokke (“earthenware jar, pot, or other container; cauldron; belly, stomach”) [and other forms], from Old English crocc, crocca (“crock, pot, vessel”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *krokku, *krokkō, from Proto-Germani… The correct English form is crock, spelled C-R-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
- 2A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
- 3A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
- 4An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).
- 5Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
- 6A low stool.
- 7A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.
Etymology
From Middle English crok, crokke (“earthenware jar, pot, or other container; cauldron; belly, stomach”) [and other forms], from Old English crocc, crocca (“crock, pot, vessel”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *krokku, *krokkō, from Proto-Germanic *krukkō, *krukkô (“vessel”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“vessel”). The English word is cognate with Danish and Norwegian krukke (“jar”), Dutch kruik (“jar, jug”), regional German Kruke (“crock”), Icelandic krukka (“pot, jar”), Old English crōg, crōh (“crock, pitcher, vessel”). See also cruse.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccrock,corck,crcok,crocck,crockk,crokc,crrock,rcock
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crock - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “crock”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-O-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɹɒk/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “crop” - see the side-by-side comparison. crock vs crop
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.