crossman
"crossman" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crossman” is uncommon English (frequency #82,203 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,203
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A thief, forger, or other criminal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crossman · crossman · English
crossman · rank #82,203 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,203
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Crom
Nearest frequency peer: Crom (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “crossman”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- creepypasta
creepypasta
17,802 corpus weight
- cremate
cremate
17,801 corpus weight
- Crom
Crom
17,799 corpus weight
- crossman
crossman
17,798 corpus weight
- cumbia
cumbia
17,796 corpus weight
- Cyrenaica
Cyrenaica
17,795 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “crossman” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crossman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,203 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “crossman” in English
Rare enough to double-check
crossman is uncommon English at frequency #82,203 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A thief, forger, or other criminal.".
crossman doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cross + -man; perhaps related to on the cross (“dishonestly”). The correct English form is crossman, spelled C-R-O-S-S-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1A thief, forger, or other criminal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crossman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There is a house in Cherry street, not far from Catherine Market […]. A little to the north of its door stands an old-time tree; and for many a year it has been known to the “crossmen” and “knucks” of the town as “Jack Circle's watering place” and “fence.”
Etymology
From cross + -man; perhaps related to on the cross (“dishonestly”).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).