Cronus
/ˈkrəʊnəs/
"cronus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cronus” is uncommon English (frequency #76,680 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,680
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The youngest of the twelve Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia; father to the first generation of Olympian gods and goddesses.
| 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) |
Where “Cronus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cronus is uncommon English at frequency #76,680 among 43,570 “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.
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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Using “Cronus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-O-N-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.