# crone

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɹoʊn/ · frequency rank #47,002

## Definitions
1. An old woman.
2. An archetypal figure, a wise woman.
3. An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
4. An old ewe.
5. An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **crop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crone-vs-crop)
- **crow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crone-vs-crow)
- **cross** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crone-vs-cross)
- **crowd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crone-vs-crowd)
- **crown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crone-vs-crown)
- **crops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crone-vs-crops)
- **crude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crone-vs-crude)
- **crows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crone-vs-crows)
- **crook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crone-vs-crook)
- **crore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crone-vs-crore)
- **crony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crone-vs-crony)
- **crowns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crone-vs-crowns)
- **crosse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crone-vs-crosse)
- **Cronin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crone-vs-cronin)
- **crowned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crone-vs-crowned)
- **con** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/con-vs-crone)
- **Coe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coe-vs-crone)
- **CRO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cro-vs-crone)
- **come** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/come-vs-crone)
- **code** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/code-vs-crone)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccrone`, `corne`, `crnoe`, `croen`, `cronne`, `crrone`, `rcone`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/crone