crofting
"crofting" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crofting” is uncommon English (frequency #90,326 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,326
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A form of land tenure and small-scale food production, unique to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, in which individual crofts are established on the better land while a large area of poor-qual...
Corpus desk
Index EN-crofting · crofting · English
crofting · rank #90,326 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,326
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH creaked
Nearest frequency peer: creaked (-4 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 “crofting”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- coss
coss
9,685 corpus weight
- creaked
creaked
9,679 corpus weight
- crofting
crofting
9,675 corpus weight
- cytomegalov…
cytomegalovirus
9,668 corpus weight
- Dagan
Dagan
9,667 corpus weight
- daren't
daren't
9,666 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “crofting” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crofting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crofting” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
crofting is uncommon English at frequency #90,326 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for crofting, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From croft + -ing. The correct English form is crofting, spelled C-R-O-F-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A form of land tenure and small-scale food production, unique to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, in which individual crofts are established on the better land while a large area of poor-quality hill ground is shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing.
- 2The process of exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.
Etymology
From croft + -ing.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crofting", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 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.