crotch goblin

noun

"crotch-goblin" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“crotch goblin” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A child.

Corpus desk

Index EN-crotch-goblin · crotch goblin · English

crotch goblin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for crotch goblin
PropertyValue
Headwordcrotch goblin
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “crotch goblin” in English

crotch goblinranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crotch goblin is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A child.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crotch goblin, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is crotch goblin, spelled C-R-O-T-C-H- -G-O-B-L-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A child.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how crotch goblin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. She's three. I am marrying him not his crotch goblin. That's his mistake not mine.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crotch goblin"?
"crotch goblin" is spelled C-R-O-T-C-H- -G-O-B-L-I-N.
What does "crotch goblin" mean?
As a noun, "crotch goblin" means: A child.
What language does "crotch goblin" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list