crocket
noun
crocket is spelled C-R-O-C-K-E-T: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crocket means “Any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crocket is crockets.
How many letters and syllables are in crocket?
| Letters | 7: C-R-O-C-K-E-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is crocket?
Crocket appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of crocket
- crockets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crocket mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture.
- 2
UKobsoleteThe tips of the antlers of an adult stag.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crocket in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense (architecture) any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does crocket come from?
From Middle English croket, from Anglo-Norman croquet (“curl of hair”), from Old Northern French, variant of Old French crochet, diminutive of croc (“hook”), which is also present in English archaically in the architectural sense as crochet, crotchet. Doublet of crochet, croquet, and crotchet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).