crosswalk
"crosswalk" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crosswalk” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,304. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,304
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crosswalk |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #45,304 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crosswalk” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around crosswalk, anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,304 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for crosswalk, with forms such as "ccrosswalk", "corsswalk", and "crossawlk". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cross + walk. The correct English form is crosswalk, spelled C-R-O-S-S-W-A-L-K.
Definition
- 1A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street.
- 2A mapping between equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
Etymology
From cross + walk.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccrosswalk
- corsswalk
- crossawlk
- crosswakl
- crosswalkk
- crosswallk
- crosswlak
- crosswwalk
- croswalk
- croswsalk
- crrosswalk
- crsoswalk
- rcosswalk
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crosswalk - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “crosswalk”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-O-S-S-W-A-L-K - 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.