crosswalk
noun, verb
crosswalk is spelled C-R-O-S-S-W-A-L-K: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crosswalk means “A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crosswalk is crosswalks.
How many letters and syllables are in crosswalk?
| Letters | 9: C-R-O-S-S-W-A-L-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,363rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is crosswalk?
Crosswalk appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd 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 crosswalk?
- US
Crosswalk 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)-Wodencafe-crosswalk.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with crosswalk?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as crosswalk.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: classwork.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of crosswalk
- crosswalks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- xwalk
- crosswalking participle, present
- crosswalked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crosswalk mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USA point designated for pedestrians to cross a street.
Keep together, kids, when we go across the street in/at the crosswalk.
- 2
A mapping between equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
verb
- 1
To map equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate crosswalk?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of crosswalk: xwalk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crosswalk in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense place where pedestrians can cross a street:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | passage piéton |
| German | Zebrastreifen, Fußgängerübergang |
| Portuguese | faixa de pedestres, faixa |
| Spanish | cruce, paso de peatones, cruce peatonal |
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.
Where does crosswalk come from?
From cross + walk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).