Crossley
/ˈkɹɒslɪ/
"crossley" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Crossley” is uncommon English (frequency #55,362 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,362
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crossley · Crossley · English
Crossley · rank #55,362 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,362
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cromer
Nearest frequency peer: Cromer (-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 “Crossley”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cretan
Cretan
44,644 corpus weight
- crocus
crocus
44,642 corpus weight
- Cromer
Cromer
44,641 corpus weight
- Crossley
Crossley
44,639 corpus weight
- d8
d8
44,635 corpus weight
- DAF
DAF
44,634 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Crossley” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Crossley” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Crossley is uncommon English at frequency #55,362 among 5,599 “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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).