Crossan
"crossan" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Crossan” is uncommon English (frequency #97,982 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,982
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crossan · Crossan · English
Crossan · rank #97,982 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,982
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cryotherapy
Nearest frequency peer: cryotherapy (+2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “Crossan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- CPEC
CPEC
2,025 corpus weight
- craniotomy
craniotomy
2,023 corpus weight
- Creagh
Creagh
2,022 corpus weight
- Crossan
Crossan
2,019 corpus weight
- cryotherapy
cryotherapy
2,017 corpus weight
- cunty
cunty
2,015 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Crossan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Crossan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,982 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Crossan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Crossan is uncommon English at frequency #97,982 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Crossan, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Reduced form of McCrossen, from Irish Mac an Chrosáin (“son of the satirist”), from crosán (“reciter”, literally “cross-bearer”). The correct English form is Crossan, spelled C-R-O-S-S-A-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Reduced form of McCrossen, from Irish Mac an Chrosáin (“son of the satirist”), from crosán (“reciter”, literally “cross-bearer”).
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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