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crops

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "crops", 5-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "crops" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "crops" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

crops is aEnglishnoun. It means: plural of crop Pronounced /kɹɒps/. It ranks #6,554 in English word frequency. Often confused with CRS and cups.

Key facts for crops
PropertyValue
Headwordcrops
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɹɒps/
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,554
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of crops in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for crops is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɹɒps/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,554 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of crop".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for crops, with forms such as "ccrops", "cropps", and "cropss". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CRS", "cups", "crow", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is crops, spelled C-R-O-P-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of crop

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccrops,cropps,cropss,crosp,crpos,crrops,rcops

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for crops

Misspelling Variants of "crops"

ccrops6cropps6cropss6crosp5crpos5crrops6rcops5
Misspelling Variants of "crops"

Frequency rank: #6,554 in English

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crops"?
"crops" is spelled C-R-O-P-S. The IPA pronunciation is /kɹɒps/.
What does "crops" mean?
As a noun, "crops" means: plural of crop
What words are commonly confused with "crops"?
"crops" is commonly confused with "CRS", "cups", "crow". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crops"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crops" is /kɹɒps/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crops" come from?
"crops" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.