Cromer

name

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"cromer" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Cromer” is uncommon English (frequency #55,360 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,360
frequency rank, English
43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Norfolk, England, which is the headquarters of North Norfolk district (OS grid ref TG2142).

Key facts for Cromer
PropertyValue
HeadwordCromer
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,360
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Cromer” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Cromer lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cromer is uncommon English at frequency #55,360 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Cromer in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Cromer, spelled C-R-O-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Norfolk, England, which is the headquarters of North Norfolk district (OS grid ref TG2142).
  2. 2
    A hamlet in Ardeley parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2928).
  3. 3
    A village in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada.
  4. 4
    A suburb of Sydney in Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  5. 5
    A locality in Adelaide Hills council area and Barossa council area, South Australia.
  6. 6
    A surname.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cromer"?
"Cromer" is spelled C-R-O-M-E-R.
What does "Cromer" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cromer" means: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Norfolk, England, which is the headquarters of North Norfolk district (OS grid ref TG2142).
What language does "Cromer" come from?
"Cromer" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Cromer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-R-O-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list