crocus
/ˈkɹoʊ.kəs/noun
crocus is spelled C-R-O-C-U-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 55,433rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crocus means “A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crocus is crocuses or croci.
How many letters and syllables are in crocus?
| Letters | 6: C-R-O-C-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 55,433rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is crocus?
Crocus appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 55,433rd 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).
How do you pronounce crocus?
- UK /ˈkɹəʊ.kəs/
- US /ˈkɹoʊ.kəs/
Crocus has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-crocus.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-crocus.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with crocus?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as crocus from its last stressed vowel (/oʊkəs/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: succor.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of crocus
- crocuses plural
- croci plural
- crocusses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crocus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.
- 2
Any of various similar flowering plants, such as autumn crocus and prairie crocus.
- 3
obsoleteA deep yellow powder, the oxide of some metal (especially iron), calcined to a red or deep yellow colour.
- 4
Burlap.
a crocus bag
- 5
obsoleteslangA fraudulent doctor; a quack.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crocus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense plant of genus Crocus:
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 crocus come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin crocus, from Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos, “crocus”), from an ancient Semitic language.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).