cropland

noun

"cropland" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“cropland” is uncommon English (frequency #65,026 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,026
frequency rank, English
43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - arable land

Corpus desk

Index EN-cropland · cropland · English

cropland · rank #65,026 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,026
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 43,570
  • PHOTO-FINISH crumple

Nearest frequency peer: crumple (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “cropland”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “cropland” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for cropland
PropertyValue
Headwordcropland
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,026
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cropland” 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). cropland lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

cropland is uncommon English at frequency #65,026 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "arable land".

cropland has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From crop + land. The correct English form is cropland, spelled C-R-O-P-L-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    arable land

Etymology

From crop + land.

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cropland"?
"cropland" is spelled C-R-O-P-L-A-N-D.
What does "cropland" mean?
As a noun, "cropland" means: arable land
What is the origin of the word "cropland"?
From crop + land. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cropland", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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