# crooked

> English word · Verb · IPA /kɹʊkt/ · frequency rank #12,397

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of crook

## Etymology
From crook, equivalent to crook + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **crooks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crooked-vs-crooks)
- **crossed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crooked-vs-crossed)
- **crowded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crooked-vs-crowded)
- **crowned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crooked-vs-crowned)
- **cropped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crooked-vs-cropped)
- **crook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crook-vs-crooked)
- **Croke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/croke-vs-crooked)
- **cooked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooked-vs-crooked)
- **cooled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooled-vs-crooked)
- **choked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choked-vs-crooked)
- **cooker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooker-vs-crooked)
- **cocked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocked-vs-crooked)
- **Croker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/croker-vs-crooked)
- **cracked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cracked-vs-crooked)
- **clocked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clocked-vs-crooked)
- **crocker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crocker-vs-crooked)
- **cranked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cranked-vs-crooked)
- **cloaked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloaked-vs-crooked)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccrooked`, `coroked`, `croked`, `crokoed`, `crooekd`, `crookde`, `crookedd`, `crookked`, `crrooked`, `rcooked`

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