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 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,360
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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).

Corpus desk

Index EN-cromer · Cromer · English

Cromer · rank #55,360 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,360
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH crocus

Nearest frequency peer: crocus (-1 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.

Long-tail ranks near “Cromer”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Cromer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cromer
PropertyValue
HeadwordCromer
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,360
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Cromer” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Cromerfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “crocus” (#55,359), “Crossley” (#55,362), “Cretan” (#55,357). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “Cromer” is #55,360. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cromer is uncommon English at frequency #55,360 among 5,599 “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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. “You should have gone to Cromer, my dear, if you went anywhere.—Perry was a week at Cromer once, and he holds it to be the best of all the sea-bathing places. […]

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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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cromer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crocus#55,359Cretan#55,357Cracow#55,355crabby#55,354

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list