Crossley
/ˈkɹɒslɪ/
"crossley" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Crossley” is uncommon English (frequency #55,362 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,362
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Crossley |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹɒslɪ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Crossley” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Crossley is uncommon English at frequency #55,362 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkɹɒslɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Crossley, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English cross (“cross”) + leah (“woodland clearing”). The correct English form is Crossley, spelled C-R-O-S-S-L-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A locality in the Shire of Moyne, south-west Victoria, Australia.
Etymology
From Old English cross (“cross”) + leah (“woodland clearing”).
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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Using “Crossley”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-O-S-S-L-E-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.