croton
/ˈkɹəʊtən/
"croton" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“croton” is uncommon English (frequency #54,102 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,102
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil.
Corpus desk
Index EN-croton · croton · English
croton · rank #54,102 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,102
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH crossroad
Nearest frequency peer: crossroad (-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 “croton”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cordillera
cordillera
45,908 corpus weight
- Crabbe
Crabbe
45,906 corpus weight
- crossroad
crossroad
45,900 corpus weight
- croton
croton
45,899 corpus weight
- Daegu
Daegu
45,895 corpus weight
- dampness
dampness
45,893 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “croton” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | croton |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹəʊtən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “croton” in English
Rare enough to double-check
croton is uncommon English at frequency #54,102 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɹəʊtən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
croton doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin crotōn, from Ancient Greek κροτών (krotṓn, “tick”), from the size and shape of the seed. The correct English form is croton, spelled C-R-O-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil.
- 2A tropical evergreen shrub (Codiaeum variegatum), having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how croton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The croton bushes, by day hideous things like jaundiced laurels, were changed by the moon into jagged black and white designs like fantastic wood-cuts.
Etymology
From New Latin crotōn, from Ancient Greek κροτών (krotṓn, “tick”), from the size and shape of the seed.
This word in other languages
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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