crock of shit

noun

"crock-of-shit" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“crock of shit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Something false or worthless.

Corpus desk

Index EN-crock-of-shit · crock of shit · English

crock of shit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for crock of shit
PropertyValue
Headwordcrock of shit
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “crock of shit” in English

crock of shitfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crock of shit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Something false or worthless.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crock of shit, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is crock of shit, spelled C-R-O-C-K- -O-F- -S-H-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Something false or worthless.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how crock of shit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. What a crock of shit.
  2. ‘When people ask me what it was like to be RD Laing's son,’ he says, ‘I tell them it was a crock of shit.’ He laughs, shaking his head.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crock of shit"?
"crock of shit" is spelled C-R-O-C-K- -O-F- -S-H-I-T.
What does "crock of shit" mean?
As a noun, "crock of shit" means: Something false or worthless.
What language does "crock of shit" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list