crop

/kɹɒp/

//kɹɒp// noun

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"crop" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“crop” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #5,591 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#5,591
frequency rank, English
4
letters
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

crop vs cup
50% similar
crop vs cry
50% similar
crop vs CRT
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for crop
PropertyValue
Headwordcrop
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɹɒp/
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,591
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “crop” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). crop lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for crop is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɹɒp/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,591 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for crop, with forms such as "ccrop", "corp", and "cropp". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cup", "cry", "CRT", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English crop, croppe, from Old English crop, cropp, croppa (“the head or top of a plant, a sprout or herb, a bunch or cluster of flowers, an ear of corn, the craw of a bird, a kidney”), from Proto-West Germanic *kropp, from Proto-Germanic *krupp… The correct English form is crop, spelled C-R-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
  2. 2
    The production amount of such an output for a specific season or year, particularly of plants.
  3. 3
    A group, cluster, or collection of things occurring at the same time.
  4. 4
    A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease.
  5. 5
    The lashing end of a whip.
  6. 6
    An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding.
  7. 7
    A rocky outcrop.
  8. 8
    The act of cropping.
  9. 9
    A photograph or other image that has been reduced by removing the outer parts.
  10. 10
    A short haircut.
  11. 11
    A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.
  12. 12
    The foliate part of a finial.
  13. 13
    The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree.
  14. 14
    Tin ore prepared for smelting.
  15. 15
    An outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
  16. 16
    An entire oxhide.
  17. 17
    Marijuana.

Etymology

From Middle English crop, croppe, from Old English crop, cropp, croppa (“the head or top of a plant, a sprout or herb, a bunch or cluster of flowers, an ear of corn, the craw of a bird, a kidney”), from Proto-West Germanic *kropp, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (“body, trunk, crop”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to warp, bend, crawl”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch krop (“crop”), German Low German Kropp (“a swelling on the neck, the craw, maw”), German Kropf (“the craw, ear of grain, head of lettuce or cabbage”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish kropp (“body, trunk”), Faroese and Icelandic kroppur (“body”). Related to crap. Doublet of group and croup.

This word in other languages

cultivo(Español)récolte(Français)Feldfrucht(Deutsch)cultura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccrop,corp,cropp,crpo,crrop,rcop

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crop - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccrop1corp2cropp1crpo2crrop1rcop2
Edit distance from "crop"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crop"?
"crop" is spelled C-R-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is /kɹɒp/.
What does "crop" mean?
As a noun, "crop" means: A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
What words are commonly confused with "crop"?
"crop" is commonly confused with "cup", "cry", "CRT". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crop" is /kɹɒp/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "crop"?
From Middle English crop, croppe, from Old English crop, cropp, croppa (“the head or top of a plant, a sprout or herb, a bunch or cluster of flowers, an ear of corn, the craw of a bird, a kidney”), from Proto-West Germanic *kropp, from Proto-Germa... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “crop”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-R-O-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /kɹɒp/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “cup” - see the side-by-side comparison. crop vs cup
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list