crossroads
noun
crossroads is spelled C-R-O-S-S-R-O-A-D-S: 10 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crossroads means “A place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in crossroads?
| Letters | 10: C-R-O-S-S-R-O-A-D-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is crossroads?
Crossroads appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce crossroads?
Crossroads has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-crossroads.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does crossroads mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads.
Near-synonym: intersection
- 2
A centrally located position.
- 3
A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal.
- 4
nonstandardA fork in the road.
- 5
plural of crossroad
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crossroads in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | carrefour , croisée des chemins |
| German | Kreuzung, Straßenkreuzung, Querstraße, Wegscheide , Scheideweg |
| Portuguese | cruzamento, encruzilhada |
| Spanish | cruce, crucero, intersección, encrucijada |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.