crone
/kɹoʊn/noun
crone is spelled C-R-O-N-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crone means “An archetypal figure, a wise woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crone is crones.
How many letters and syllables are in crone?
| Letters | 5: C-R-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 crone?
Crone appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd 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 crone?
- US /kɹoʊn/
- UK /kɹəʊn/
Crone has one syllable (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-crone.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with crone
Sounds like: crosne (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with crone?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as crone from its last stressed vowel (/oʊn/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: recon, necro, coner.
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 crone
- crones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicAn old woman.
- 2
An archetypal figure, a wise woman.
- 3
An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
- 4
obsoleteAn old ewe.
- 5
obsoleteAn old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.
noun
- 1
One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Mother and Maiden, representing an old woman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crone in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 crone come from?
From Middle English crone, from Anglo-Norman carogne (compare central Old French charogne (a term of abuse, literally “carrion, carcass, old sheep, hag”), whence modern French charogne). Doublet of carrion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).