Cronus
/ˈkrəʊnəs/
"cronus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cronus” is uncommon English (frequency #76,680 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,680
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The youngest of the twelve Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia; father to the first generation of Olympian gods and goddesses.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cronus · Cronus · English
Cronus · rank #76,680 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,680
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cruciform
Nearest frequency peer: cruciform (+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 “Cronus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- creepily
creepily
23,324 corpus weight
- croaking
croaking
23,323 corpus weight
- Cronus
Cronus
23,321 corpus weight
- cruciform
cruciform
23,320 corpus weight
- cruse
cruse
23,319 corpus weight
- crutcher
crutcher
23,318 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Cronus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cronus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkrəʊnəs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,680 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Cronus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Cronus is uncommon English at frequency #76,680 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkrəʊnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The youngest of the twelve Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia; father to the first generation of Olympian gods and goddesses.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Cronus in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κρόνος (Krónos), possibly from the Ancient Greek κραίνω (kraínō, “to accomplish or fulfil”). The correct English form is Cronus, spelled C-R-O-N-U-S.
Definition
- 1The youngest of the twelve Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia; father to the first generation of Olympian gods and goddesses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cronus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The deal is: You post a photo from 10 years ago and one from now. It’s like viewing a painting of Cronus eating his children, but online.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κρόνος (Krónos), possibly from the Ancient Greek κραίνω (kraínō, “to accomplish or fulfil”).
This word in other languages
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.
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